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1 Chronicles 11:1
1All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood.
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.
- 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.
- 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
All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood. 2In the past, even while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’ ” 3When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, he made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel, as the Lord had promised through Samuel.
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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 through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- 2 Samuel 2:1In the course of time, David inquired of the Lord. “Shall I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” he asked. The Lord said, “Go up.” David asked, “Where shall I go?” “To Hebron,” the Lord answered.
- 2 Samuel 15:10Then Absalom sent secret messengers throughout the tribes of Israel to say, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, then say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron.’ ”
- 1 Kings 2:11He had reigned forty years over Israel—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.
- Genesis 29:14Then Laban said to him, “You are my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him for a whole month,
- Deuteronomy 17:15be sure to appoint over you 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.
- Judges 9:2“Ask all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember, I am your flesh and blood.”
- 2 Samuel 19:12You are my relatives, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to bring back the king?’
- Ephesians 5:30for 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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