2 Samuel 5:1

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 29:14

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

2 Samuel 19:12

You are my brother. You are my bone and my flesh. Why are you last to bring back the king?’

2 Samuel 19:13

Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do to me, and more so, if you are not commander of the army before me from now on in the place of Joab.’ ”

2 Samuel 19:14

He swayed the heart of every man of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent a message to the king: “Return, you and all of your servants.”

2 Samuel 19:43

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, “We have ten shares in the king. Therefore we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat us with contempt? Were we not the first to advise bringing back our king?” But the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 2:32

They carried Asahel back and interred him in his father’s tomb, which was at Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men traveled throughout the night and reached Hebron at dawn.

Ephesians 5:30

For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.

Deuteronomy 17:15

you must set a king over you whom the Lord your God will choose. You must select a king over you who is from among your brothers. You may not select a foreigner over you who is not your countryman.

Hebrews 2:14

So then, as the children share in flesh and blood, He likewise took part in these, so that through death He might destroy him who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

Joshua 10:36

Then Joshua and all of Israel went up from Eglon to Hebron and waged war against it.

Judges 9:2

“Please say in the hearing of all of the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, to have all seventy sons of Jerub-Baal rule over you, or for one man to rule over you? Remember that I am your own flesh and bone.’ ”