2 Samuel 5:1

New Living Translation

Then all the tribes of Israel went to David at Hebron and told him, “We are your own flesh and blood.

Cross References

Genesis 29:14

Laban exclaimed, “You really are my own flesh and blood!” After Jacob had stayed with Laban for about a month,

2 Samuel 19:12

You are my relatives, my own tribe, my own flesh and blood! So why are you the last ones to welcome back the king?”

2 Samuel 19:13

And David told them to tell Amasa, “Since you are my own flesh and blood, like Joab, may God strike me and even kill me if I do not appoint you as commander of my army in his place.”

2 Samuel 19:14

Then Amasa convinced all the men of Judah, and they responded unanimously. They sent word to the king, “Return to us, and bring back all who are with you.”

2 Samuel 19:43

“But there are ten tribes in Israel,” the others replied. “So we have ten times as much right to the king as you do. What right do you have to treat us with such contempt? Weren’t we the first to speak of bringing him back to be our king again?” The argument continued back and forth, and the men of Judah spoke even more harshly than the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 2:32

Joab and his men took Asahel’s body to Bethlehem and buried him there in his father’s tomb. Then they traveled all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.

Ephesians 5:30

And we are members of his body.

Deuteronomy 17:15

If this happens, be sure to select as king the man the Lord your God chooses. You must appoint a fellow Israelite; he may not be a foreigner.

Hebrews 2:14

Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death.

Joshua 10:36

From Eglon, Joshua and the Israelite army went up to Hebron and attacked it.

Judges 9:2

“Ask the leading citizens of Shechem whether they want to be ruled by all seventy of Gideon’s sons or by one man. And remember that I am your own flesh and blood!”