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2 Samuel 5:1

DavidHebron
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Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

2 Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

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BSB
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
KJV
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
WEB
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
ASV
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
DARBY
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
BLB
And all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and they spoke, saying, “Indeed we [are] your bone and your flesh.
ÅB
Så kom alle Israels stammer til David i Hebron og sa: Her er vi; vi er av samme kjød og blod som du.
OTB
Da samlet alle Israels stammer seg hos David i Hebron og sa, "Se, vi er av ditt eget kjøtt og blod.
B1930
Så kom alle Israels stammer til David i Hebron og sa: Her er vi; vi er av samme kjød og blod som du.

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Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 11:1–3

    Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

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  • Genesis 29:14

    Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

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  • 2 Samuel 19:13

    And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

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  • Ephesians 5:30

    For we are members of His body.

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  • 1 Chronicles 12:23–40

    Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:

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  • Judges 9:2

    “Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”

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  • Deuteronomy 17:15

    you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.

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  • Hebrews 2:14

    Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

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