1 Chronicles 11:1 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹ Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron, and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THEN [after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, who ruled over eleven tribes of Israel for two troubled years after Saul's death] all Israel gathered at Hebron and said to David, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. [II Sam. 2:8-10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

Common English Bible

¹ All the Israelites gathered around David at Hebron. “We’re your own flesh and blood,” they said.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Then all of Israel was gathered to David at Hebron, saying: "We are your bone and your flesh.

1 Chronicles 11:1 Cross References

Genesis 29:14

and Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh!” And he stayed with him a month.

2 Samuel 15:10

But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, ‘Absalom is king at Hebron!’ ”

2 Samuel 2:1

After this David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up.” David said, “To which shall I go up?” And he said, “To Hebron.”

1 Kings 2:11

And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

Numbers 13:22

They went up into the Negeb, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Ephesians 5:30

because we are members of his body.

Deuteronomy 17:15

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.

Judges 9:2

“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.”