Verse 1

Then came all the tribes of Israel to Dauid vnto Hebron, and sayde thus: Beholde, we are thy bone, and thy fleshe.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 11:1-3 : 1 Then all Israel gathered them selues to Dauid vnto Hebron, saying: 2 Beholde, we be thy bones, and thy fleshe: And moreouer in tyme past, euen when Saul was king, thou leddest Israel out & in: And the Lorde thy God sayde vnto thee, Thou shalt feede my people Israel, and thou shalt be captayne ouer my people Israel. 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron, and Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebro before the Lorde: And they annoynted Dauid king ouer Israel according to the worde of the Lorde, by the hande of Samuel.
  • 2 Sam 19:13 : 13 And say ye to Amasa: Art thou not of my bone and of my fleshe? God do so to me and more also, if thou be not captayne of the hoast to me for euer in the roome of Ioab.
  • Gen 29:14 : 14 To whom Laban sayde: Well, thou art my bone & my fleshe. And he abode with hym the space of a moneth.
  • Deut 17:15 : 15 Then thou shalt make hym king ouer thee whom the Lorde thy God shall choose: Euen one from among thy brethren shalt thou make kyng ouer thee, and thou mayest not set a straunger ouer thee, which is not of thy brethren.
  • Judg 9:2 : 2 Saye I pray you, in the eares of all the men of Sichem, whether is better for you, that all the sonnes of Ierobaal, (which are threescore and ten persons) raigne ouer you: either that one raigne ouer you? Remember that I am of your bone, and of your fleshe.
  • 1 Chr 12:23-40 : 23 And this is the number of the chiefe captaynes that were prepared to battaile, and came to Dauid to Hebron, to turne the kingdome of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lorde. 24 The children of Iuda that bare shield and speare, were sixe thousand & eight hundred, redie prepared to the warre. 25 Of the children of Simeon, men of might to warre 7 M. & one hundred. 26 Of the children of Leui, foure thousand and sixe hundred. 27 And Iehoiada was the chiefe of them of Aaron, and with him three thousand and seuen hundred. 28 And Zadoc a young man, strong and valiaunt, and of his fathers housholde, twentie and two captaines. 29 And of the children of Beniamin the brothren of Saul, three thousand: And a great part of them did vnto that tyme folowe the house of Saul. 30 And of the children of Ephraim, twentie thousand and eight hundred, mightie men of warre, and famous men in the houshoulde of their fathers. 31 And of the halfe tribe of Manasse, eyghteene thousand, which were appointed by name to come and make Dauid king. 32 And of the children of Isachar, which were men that had vnderstanding of the tymes, to knowe what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred: & all their brethren were at their wyll. 33 And of Zabulon which went out to battaile, expert in warre and in all instrumentes of warre, fiftie thousand, which coulde set the battaile in arraye, they were not of double heart. 34 And of Nephthali a thousand captaines, and with them with shielde and speare thirtie and seuen thousand. 35 And of Dan expert in battayle, twentie & eyght thousand and sixe hundred. 36 And of Aser that went out to the warre and kept the forefront of the battaile fourtie thousand. 37 And of the othersyde of Iordane, of the Rubenites, and Gadites, and of the halfe tribe of Manasse, with all manner of instrumentes of warre, and hundred and twentie thousand. 38 All these were men of warre, keping the forefront of the battel and with perfecte heart came to Hebron to make Dauid king ouer all Israel: And all the rest of Israel was of one accorde to make Dauid king. 39 And there they were with Dauid three dayes eating & drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them. 40 Moreouer, they that were nye them, euen vnto Isachar, Zabulon, & Nephthali, brought bread on asses, cammels, mules, & oxen, & meate, flowre, figges, reasinges, wine, & oyle, oxen, and sheepe aboundantly: For there was ioy in Israel.
  • Eph 5:30 : 30 For we are members of his body, of his flesshe, and of his bones.
  • Heb 2:14 : 14 Forasmuch then as the chyldren are partakers of flesshe and blood, he also hym selfe lykewyse toke part with the, that through death he myght expell hym that had lordship ouer death, that is the deuyll: