and Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh!” And he stayed with him a month.
2 Samuel 5:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THEN ALL the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. American Standard Version (1901) Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Common English Bible All the Israelite tribes came to David at Hebron and said, “Listen: We are your very own flesh and bone. Catholic Public Domain Version And all the tribes of Israel went to David in Hebron, saying: "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron, saying: Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. |
and Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh!” And he stayed with him a month.
You are my kinsmen, you are my bone and my flesh; why then should you be the last to bring back the king?’
And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if you are not commander of my army henceforth in place of Joab.’ ”
And he swayed the heart of all the men of Judah as one man; so that they sent word to the king, “Return, both you and all your servants.”
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?” But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was at Bethlehem. And Joab and his men marched all night, and the day broke upon them at Hebron.
you may indeed set as king over you him whom the Lord your God will choose. One from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same nature, that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
Then Joshua went up with all Israel from Eglon to Hebron; and they assaulted it,
“Say in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”