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1 Chron. 11:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thenp all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

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2 Sam. 5:1• ¹Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. (2 Sam. 5:1)

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1-3: David by general consent is made king at Hebron.

4-9: He wins the castle of Zion from the Jebusites by Joab's valour.

10-47: A catalogue of David's mighty men.

A.M. 2956.

B.C. 1048.

An. Ex. Is. 443.

all Israel.

1 Chron. 12:23‑40• ²³And this is the number of the men equipped for military service, who came to David to Hebron, to transfer the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.
²⁴The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, equipped for military service.
²⁵Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for war, seven thousand one hundred.
²⁶Of the children of Levi four thousand six hundred.
²⁷And Jehoiada the prince of Aaron, and with him were three thousand seven hundred;
²⁸and Zadok, a valiant young man, and his father's house two and twenty chief men.
²⁹And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand; but hitherto the greater part of them had adhered to the house of Saul.
³⁰And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valour, men of name in their fathers' houses.
³¹And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
³²And of the children of Issachar, who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their bidding.
³³Of Zebulun, such as went forth in the host, armed for war with all weapons of war, fifty thousand, keeping rank without double heart.
³⁴And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear.
³⁵And of the Danites armed for war twenty-eight thousand six hundred.
³⁶And of Asher such as went forth in the host, to set themselves in battle array, forty thousand.
³⁷And from the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of weapons of war for battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.
³⁸All of them men of war, keeping rank in battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
³⁹And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had prepared for them;
⁴⁰and those too that were near them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen; provisions of meal, fig-cakes and raisin-cakes, and wine and oil, and oxen and sheep, abundantly; for there was joy in Israel. (1 Chron. 12:23‑40)

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2 Sam. 5:1‑16• ¹Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
²Even aforetime, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel; and Jehovah said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.
³And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel.
⁴David was thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years.
⁵In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
⁶And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; and they spoke to David, saying, Thou shalt not come in hither, but the blind and the lame will drive thee back; as much as to say, David will not come in hither.
⁷But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David.
⁸And David said on that day, Whoever smites the Jebusites and gets up to the watercourse, and the lame and the blind hated of David's soul …! Therefore they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
⁹So David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from the Millo and inward.
¹⁰And David became continually greater; and Jehovah the God of hosts was with him.
¹¹And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
¹²And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom because of his people Israel.
¹³And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
¹⁴And these are the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
¹⁵and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
¹⁶and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet. (2 Sam. 5:1‑16)

Hebron.

Num. 13:22• ²²And they went up by the south, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt. (Num. 13:22)

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2 Sam. 2:1• ¹And it came to pass after this that David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up into one of the cities of Judah? And Jehovah said to him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. (2 Sam. 2:1)

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2 Sam. 15:10• ¹⁰And Absalom sent emissaries into all the tribes of Israel, saying, When ye hear the sound of the trumpet, ye shall say, Absalom reigns in Hebron. (2 Sam. 15:10)

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1 Kings 2:11• ¹¹And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem. (1 Kings 2:11)

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Gen. 29:14• ¹⁴And Laban said to him, Thou art indeed my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him a month's time. (Gen. 29:14)

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Deut. 17:15• ¹⁵thou shalt only set him king over thee whom Jehovah thy God will choose: from among thy brethren shalt thou set a king over thee; thou mayest not set a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother. (Deut. 17:15)

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Judg. 9:2• ²Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem, Which is better for you, that seventy persons, all sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you? And remember that I am your bone and your flesh. (Judg. 9:2)

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2 Sam. 19:12‑13• ¹²Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; and why will ye be the last to bring back the king?
¹³And say to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually instead of Joab. (2 Sam. 19:12‑13)

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Eph. 5:30• ³⁰for we are members of his body; we are of his flesh, and of his bones. (Eph. 5:30)

• Without any preamble whatever, David's reign begins at Hebron. Saul, the king according to fallen nature, is dead, but that is not enough. David himself, the Lord's anointed, initiates his reign at Hebron, the place that so speaks of death. (“Establishment of the Kingship According to God's Counsels -: 1 Chronicles 11” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And all Israel assembled themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.