1 Chronicles 11:1

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, saying, “Indeed we are your bone and your flesh.

Context of 1 Chronicles 11:1

Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. 2In times past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and the Lord your God said to you, ‘You shall shepherd 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 in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord through Samuel.

1 Chronicles 11:1 word by word

וַיִּקָּבְצ֧וּ כָֽל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶל־דָּוִ֖יד חֶבְר֣וֹנָה לֵאמֹ֑ר הִנֵּ֛ה עַצְמְךָ֥ וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ֖ אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Then allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• gatheredקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• to Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• at Hebronחֶבְרוֹןchebrôn · HebronH2275
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• we are your boneעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• and your fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 11:1

• Numbers 13:22When they had gone up into the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
• 2 Samuel 2:1Then it came about afterwards that David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up to one of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up.” So David said, “Where shall I go up?” And He said, “To Hebron.”
• 2 Samuel 15:10But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron.’”
• 1 Kings 2:11The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem.
• Genesis 29:14Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him a month.
• Deuteronomy 17:15you shall surely set a king over you whom the Lord your God chooses, one from among your countrymen you shall set as king over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves who is not your countryman.
• Judges 9:2“Speak, now, in the hearing of 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 rule over you?’ Also, remember 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