Laban said to him, “Surely you are my own bone and flesh.” And he stayed with him for a month.
1 Chronicles 11:1 - Tree of Life Version Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron, saying: “Behold, we are your own flesh and blood. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Common English Bible All the Israelites gathered around David at Hebron. “We’re your own flesh and blood,” they said. Catholic Public Domain Version Then all of Israel was gathered to David at Hebron, saying: "We are your bone and your flesh. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh. |
Laban said to him, “Surely you are my own bone and flesh.” And he stayed with him for a month.
But Absalom sent spies to all the tribes of Israel to say, “As soon as you hear the sound of the shofar, then you are to say, ‘Absalom has become king in Hebron!’”
Now it came to pass after this that David inquired of Adonai saying, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” Adonai said to him, “Go up.” “Where shall I go up?” David asked. “To Hebron,” He said.
The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years—seven years he reigned in Hebron and 33 years he reigned in Jerusalem.
They continued on up through the Negev and came to Hebron. There lived Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
you will indeed set over yourselves a king, whom Adonai your God chooses. One from among your brothers will be appointed as king over you—you may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
“Speak now, in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem: Which is better for you, that 70 men—all the sons of Jerubbaal—rule over you, or that a single man rules over you? Remember also that I am your flesh and bone.”