English Standard Version
1 Chronicles 11:1
1Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
1 Chronicles 11:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
- New International Version (NIV)All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, saying, “Indeed we are your bone and your flesh.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then all Israel gathered before David at Hebron and told him, “We are your own flesh and blood.
Context of 1 Chronicles 11:1
Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh. 2In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord your God said to you, 'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.'" 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 111 Chronicles 11:1 word by word
וַיִּקָּבְצ֧וּ כָֽל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶל־דָּוִ֖יד חֶבְר֣וֹנָה לֵאמֹ֑ר הִנֵּ֛ה עַצְמְךָ֥ וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ֖ אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 11:1
- Numbers 13:22They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- 2 Samuel 2:1After this David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?" And the Lord said to him, "Go up." David said, "To which shall I go up?" And he said, "To Hebron."
- 2 Samuel 15:10But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, 'Absalom is king at Hebron!'"
- 1 Kings 2:11And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
- Genesis 29:14and Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh!" And he stayed with him a month.
- Deuteronomy 17:15you may indeed set a king over you whom the Lord your God will choose. One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
- Judges 9:2"Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, 'Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?' Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh."
- 2 Samuel 19:12You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?'
- Ephesians 5:30because we are members of his body.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 11:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Then all Israel gathered themselves to David - See 2 Samuel 5:1-10; (note), for the history contained in the first nine verses of this chapter, and the notes there.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1This chapter runs parallel with 1 Chronicles 11:9, after which it is to be compared with 1 Chronicles 11:40, the remainder 1 Chronicles 11:41-47 being an addition, to which Samuel has nothing corresponding. Compare throughout the notes in Samuel.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1David raised to the throne. (1-9) A list of David's mighty men. (10-47) Verses 1-9 David was brought to possess the throne of Israel after he had reigned seven years in Hebron, over Judah only. God's counsels will be fulfilled at last, whatever difficulties lie in the way. The way to be truly great, is to be really useful, to devote all our talents to the Lord.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3David first became king of Judah in Hebron and ruled there for seven and a half years (1 Chronicles 3:4; 2 Samuel 5:5). The Chronicler does not include the details of that time (see 2 Samuel 2–4) and instead focuses on David’s 33 and a half years ruling the entire nation. This began with his agreement with all the elders of Israel at Hebron (see 2 Samuel 5:1–5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-31Ch 11:1-3. David Made King. 1. Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron--This event happened on the death of Ish-bosheth (see on 2Sa 5:1). The convention of the estates of the kingdom, the public and solemn homage of the representatives of the people, and the repeated anointing of the new king in their presence and by their direction, seem to have been necessary to the general acknowledgment of the sovereign on the part of the nation…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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