2 Samuel 5:1 - Revised Standard Version

¹ Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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

¹ 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)

¹ 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

¹ All the Israelite tribes came to David at Hebron and said, “Listen: We are your very own flesh and bone.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And all the tribes of Israel went to David in Hebron, saying: "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

2 Samuel 5:1 Cross References

Ephesians 5:30

because we are members of his body.

2 Samuel 19:13

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.’ ”

Genesis 29:14

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

Hebrews 2:14

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,

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.”

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.

Joshua 10:36

Then Joshua went up with all Israel from Eglon to Hebron; and they assaulted it,

2 Samuel 19:12

You are my kinsmen, you are my bone and my flesh; why then should you be the last to bring back the king?’

2 Samuel 19:43

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.

2 Samuel 2:32

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.

2 Samuel 19:14

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.”