2 Samuel 5:1

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Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Here we are, your own flesh and blood."

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  • 1 Chr 11:1-3 : 1 Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, "We are your own flesh and blood. 2 In the past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel in and out. And the LORD your God said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be ruler over my people Israel.' 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. They anointed David king over Israel, as the LORD had said through Samuel.
  • 2 Sam 19:13 : 13 You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to bring the king back?'
  • Gen 29:14 : 14 Then Laban said to him, 'Surely you are my own flesh and blood.' Jacob stayed with him for a month.
  • Deut 17:15 : 15 be sure to appoint a king the LORD your God chooses. He must be from among your fellow Israelites. Do not place a foreigner over you, one who is not an Israelite.
  • Judg 9:2 : 2 "Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, 'Which is better for you: that seventy men—all the sons of Jerubbaal—rule over you, or that one man rules over you?' Remember, I am your own flesh and blood."
  • 1 Chr 12:23-40 : 23 These are the numbers of men equipped for war who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, as the LORD had spoken. 24 From the tribe of Judah, carrying shields and spears: 6,800 armed for battle. 25 From the tribe of Simeon: 7,100 valiant warriors ready for battle. 26 From the tribe of Levi: 4,600 men. 27 Including Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, with 3,700 men. 28 And Zadok, a young warrior of great strength, with 22 leaders from his family. 29 From the tribe of Benjamin, Saul’s kinsmen: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul’s house until then. 30 From the sons of Benjamin, Saul's relatives, there were 3,000 men, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul's house until that time. 31 From the tribe of Ephraim, there were 20,800 valiant warriors, famous men from their ancestral houses. 32 From half the tribe of Manasseh, there were 18,000 chosen by name to go and make David king. 33 From the tribe of Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do, there were 200 chiefs, along with all their relatives under their command. 34 From the tribe of Zebulun, there were 50,000 experienced warriors, fully armed and loyal with undivided hearts. 35 From the tribe of Naphtali, there were 1,000 commanders and with them 37,000 men armed with shields and spears. 36 From the tribe of Dan, there were 28,600 prepared for battle. 37 From the tribe of Asher, there were 40,000 experienced warriors ready for battle. 38 From across the Jordan, from the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with every kind of weapon for war. 39 All these were skilled warriors who came to Hebron fully determined, with unified hearts, to make David king over all Israel. All the other Israelites were also of one heart to make David king. 40 They were with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their relatives had provided for them.
  • Eph 5:30 : 30 because we are members of His body.
  • Heb 2:14 : 14 Since the children share in flesh and blood, He too likewise partook of the same, so that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death—that is, the devil.

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  • 1 Chr 11:1-4
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    1 Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, "We are your own flesh and blood.

    2 In the past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel in and out. And the LORD your God said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be ruler over my people Israel.'

    3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. They anointed David king over Israel, as the LORD had said through Samuel.

    4 David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land.

  • 2 Sam 5:2-3
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    2 "In the past, even when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’”

    3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. Then they anointed David king over Israel.

  • 2 Sam 19:11-13
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    11 And Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?"

    12 Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: "Say to the elders of Judah, 'Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house, when the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his house?'

    13 You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to bring the king back?'

  • 1 Chr 12:16-18
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    16 These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing its banks. They drove out all the people living in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.

    17 Some men from Benjamin and Judah also came to David at the stronghold.

    18 Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said: 'We are yours, David! We are with you, son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to those who help you, for your God helps you.' So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.

  • 2 Sam 2:3
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    3 David also brought up the men who were with him, each man with his household, and they settled in the towns of Hebron.

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    38 From across the Jordan, from the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with every kind of weapon for war.

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    1 David assembled all the leaders of Israel—the tribal leaders, the commanders of the divisions that served the king, the leaders of thousands and of hundreds, the officials in charge of the king's property and livestock, and all the soldiers and mighty warriors—at Jerusalem.

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    17 Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, 'For some time you have wanted to make David your king.

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    30 because we are members of His body.

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    3 David asked him, 'Where have you come from?' He replied, 'I escaped from the camp of Israel.'

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    23 But David said, "You must not act this way, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and delivered the raiding party that came against us into our hands.

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    11 'This is my advice: Gather all Israel to you, from Dan to Beersheba, as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and you yourself lead them into battle.'

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    15 David asked him, "Can you lead me to this raiding party?" He answered, "Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor hand me over to my master, and I will lead you to them."

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    1 Then David said, 'This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offerings for Israel.'

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