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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, &#8220We are your own flesh and blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered before David at Hebron and told him, “We are your own flesh and blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we <i>are</i> thy bone and thy flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, saying, “Indeed we <i>are</i> your bone and your flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, &#8220Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, &#8220Here we are, your own flesh and blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_chronicles/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Israel's leaders met with David at Hebron and said, "We are your relatives, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />All Israel gathered around David at Hebron. "We are your own flesh and blood," they said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />All the people of Israel went to David at Hebron and said to him, "We are your own flesh and blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Later on, all of Israel gathered together at Hebron in order to tell David, "Look, we're your own flesh and blood!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, ?Here we are, your own flesh and blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />All Israel joined David at Hebron and said, "Look, we are your very flesh and blood!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron, saying, "Look, we are your bone and your flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And all Israel is gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Behold, we [are] your bone and your flesh;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And gathered are all Israel unto David to Hebron, saying, 'Lo, thy bone and thy flesh are we;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And all Israel will gather together to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we thy bone and thy flesh.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then all of Israel was gathered to David at Hebron, saying: “We are your bone and your flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered around David in Hebron, and they said: “Look! We are your bone and your flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, “See, we are your bone and flesh.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />THEN all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your blood and your flesh always;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And all the children of Israel assembled to David at Khebron, and they were saying to him: “We are your blood and your flesh!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying: 'Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And all Israel came to David in Chebron, saying, Behold, we <i>are</i> thy bones and thy flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=3263" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/11.htm">David Anointed King over Israel</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Then all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="6908: way·yiq·qā·ḇə·ṣū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To gather, collect. A primitive root; to grasp, i.e. Collect.">came together</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wîḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David</a> <a href="/hebrew/2275.htm" title="2275: ḥeḇ·rō·w·nāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- From cheber; seat of association; Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites.">at Hebron</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">“Here</a> <a href="/hebrew/587.htm" title="587: ’ă·nā·ḥə·nū (Pro-1cp) -- We. Apparently from 'anokiy; we.">we are,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: ū·ḇə·śā·rə·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">your own flesh</a> <a href="/hebrew/6106.htm" title="6106: ‘aṣ·mə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Bone, substance, self. From atsam; a bone; by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. Selfsame.">and blood.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/5-1.htm">2 Samuel 5:1-3</a></span><br />Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood. / Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’” / So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/16-1.htm">1 Samuel 16:1-13</a></span><br />Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.” / “How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’ / Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/2-4.htm">2 Samuel 2:4</a></span><br />Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/3-17.htm">2 Samuel 3:17-21</a></span><br />Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king. / Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’” / Abner also spoke to the Benjamites. Then he went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-11.htm">1 Kings 2:11</a></span><br />The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/12-23.htm">1 Chronicles 12:23-40</a></span><br />Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD: / From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears. / From Simeon: 7,100 mighty men of valor, ready for battle. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/10-14.htm">1 Chronicles 10:14</a></span><br />and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-7.htm">1 Chronicles 17:7</a></span><br />Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-4.htm">1 Chronicles 28:4</a></span><br />Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-8.htm">2 Samuel 7:8</a></span><br />Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/23-1.htm">2 Samuel 23:1-3</a></span><br />These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel: / The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue. / The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-70.htm">Psalm 78:70-72</a></span><br />He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; / from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance. / So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-1.htm">Matthew 1:1</a></span><br />This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-42.htm">Matthew 22:42-45</a></span><br />“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered. / Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says: / ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a></span><br />He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.</p><p class="hdg">Hebron</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/13-22.htm">Numbers 13:22</a></b></br> And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, <i>were</i>. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/2-1.htm">2 Samuel 2:1</a></b></br> And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/15-10.htm">2 Samuel 15:10</a></b></br> But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.</p><p class="hdg">Behold</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/29-14.htm">Genesis 29:14</a></b></br> And Laban said to him, Surely thou <i>art</i> my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/17-15.htm">Deuteronomy 17:15</a></b></br> Thou shalt in any wise set <i>him</i> king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: <i>one</i> from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which <i>is</i> not thy brother.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/9-2.htm">Judges 9:2</a></b></br> Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether <i>is</i> better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, <i>which are</i> threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I <i>am</i> your bone and your flesh.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/10-18.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-4.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-13.htm">Bone</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-14.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-18.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-1.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-57.htm">Hebron</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-7.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-1.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-6.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/13-5.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-19.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/job/2-5.htm">Bone</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-3.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-3.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-13.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-3.htm">Hebron</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-10.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-10.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">David Becomes King over All Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/11-4.htm">Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/11-10.htm">David's Mighty Men</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_chronicles/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron</b><br>This phrase marks a significant moment in Israel's history, where the tribes unite under David's leadership. Hebron, located in the Judean hills, was a city of refuge and a Levitical city, rich in biblical history as the burial place of the patriarchs. The gathering of "all Israel" signifies a national consensus and a divine orchestration, fulfilling God's promise to David. This unity prefigures the ultimate gathering of God's people under Christ, the son of David, as seen in prophecies like <a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Isaiah 11:10-12</a>.<p><b>and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.</b><br>The phrase "your own flesh and blood" emphasizes kinship and covenant loyalty, echoing <a href="/genesis/29-14.htm">Genesis 29:14</a> where Laban acknowledges Jacob as his kin. This declaration signifies the tribes' recognition of David's rightful kingship, not just by divine anointing but also by familial ties, as David was from the tribe of Judah. This foreshadows the New Testament teaching of believers being one body in Christ, as seen in <a href="/ephesians/5-30.htm">Ephesians 5:30</a>, where the church is described as Christ's own flesh and blood, highlighting unity and shared identity in Him.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Anointed king of Israel, a man after God's own heart, and central figure in this passage as he is recognized by all Israel as their leader.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/all_israel.htm">All Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the collective tribes of Israel who come together in unity to acknowledge David's kingship.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/hebron.htm">Hebron</a></b><br>A significant city in Judah where David was first anointed king over Judah and later recognized by all Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/anointing_of_david.htm">Anointing of David</a></b><br>The event where David is recognized as king over all Israel, fulfilling God's promise to him.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/u/unity_of_israel.htm">Unity of Israel</a></b><br>The coming together of all tribes signifies a pivotal moment of unity and consolidation under David's leadership.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_in_leadership.htm">Unity in Leadership</a></b><br>The tribes of Israel coming together to anoint David as king demonstrates the importance of unity under godly leadership. In our lives, we should seek to support and unify under leaders who follow God's heart.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_timing_and_promises.htm">God's Timing and Promises</a></b><br>David's journey to kingship was marked by patience and faith in God's timing. We are reminded to trust in God's promises and timing in our own lives, even when the path seems long or uncertain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/recognition_of_god's_choice.htm">Recognition of God's Choice</a></b><br>The acknowledgment of David as king by all Israel reflects the importance of recognizing and affirming God's choices and callings in our communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community.htm">The Role of Community</a></b><br>The collective decision of Israel to anoint David highlights the role of community in affirming and supporting God's work. We should actively participate in our faith communities to encourage and uphold one another.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/k/kinship_and_identity.htm">Kinship and Identity</a></b><br>The phrase "your own flesh and blood" underscores the importance of identity and kinship in God's plan. As believers, we are called to recognize our identity in Christ and our connection to the body of believers.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_a_huge,_growing_army_realistic_there.htm">(1 Chronicles 12:22) Is the idea of a constantly growing, massive army historically credible given the region’s population and resources? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_3_men_breach_philistine_lines_for_water.htm">In 1 Chronicles 11:15-19, is it plausible that three men could breach heavily guarded Philistine territory just to draw water for David?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_made_david_count_israel's_troops.htm">Who incited David to count the fighting men of Israel? God did (2 Samuel 24: 1) Satan did (I Chronicles 2 1:1)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_forbid_david_from_building.htm">In 1 Chronicles 28:3, why would a God of peace forbid David from building the temple simply because he had shed blood, yet historically use wars and conquests to establish Israel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1?9) Parallel to <a href="/context/2_samuel/5-1.htm" title="Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.">2Samuel 5:1-10</a>.<p>(1) <span class= "bld">Then all Israel gathered themselves.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">and.</span> "Then" is too definite a mark of time. The chronicler passes over the subsequent history of the house of Saul, and its decline under the feeble Ishbosheth, who reigned at Mahanaim as a puppet-king in the hands of Abner his powerful kinsman and general (2 Samuel 2-4).<p><span class= "bld">All Israel.</span>--This proves that the allusion is not to David's election by Judah (<a href="/2_samuel/2-4.htm" title="And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.">2Samuel 2:4</a>).<p><span class= "bld">Hebron,</span> the burial-place of the patriarchs, was the capital of Judah, the tribe of David.<p><span class= "bld">Thy bone and thy flesh.</span>--A proverb first of physical, then of moral unity (<a href="/genesis/2-23.htm" title="And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.">Genesis 2:23</a>; <a href="/judges/9-2.htm" title="Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are three score and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.">Judges 9:2</a>). It was not as if David were some valiant foreigner, like certain of his own heroes. Moreover, the affection and sympathy of the tribes were with him, whose life of struggle and success had marked him out as their divinely chosen leader. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - Upon the death of Saul, Abner, for a while espousing the cause of Ishbo-sheth, the only surviving son of Saul, "made him king over" a large proportion of the people, exclusive of Judah (<a href="/2_samuel/2-8.htm">2 Samuel 2:8-10</a>). Already David had been anointed at Hebron by "the men of Judah, king over the house of Judah" (<a href="/2_samuel/2-1.htm">2 Samuel 2:1-4</a>). And David continued "king in Hebron over the house of Judah seven years and six months" (<a href="/2_samuel/2-11.htm">2 Samuel 2:11</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/5-5.htm">2 Samuel 5:5</a>; <a href="/1_kings/2-11.htm">1 Kings 2:11</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/3-4.htm">1 Chronicles 3:4</a>). Notice the agreement of this date with the account of the six sons born to David in Hebron (<a href="/2_samuel/3-2.htm">2 Samuel 3:2-5</a>). The explanation of the chronology for Ishbosheth affecting this period is not easy. It is said that he reigned over Israel "two years" (<a href="/2_samuel/2-10.htm">2 Samuel 2:10</a>). Where was the difference of five and a half years lost? Our first verse here, with its apparently emphatic <span class="cmt_word">then</span> (comp. <a href="/2_samuel/5-1.htm">2 Samuel 5:1</a>), would seem to make it very unlikely that it was lost between the death of Ishbosheth and the kingship of David over "all the tribes of Israel" together with Judah. On the other hand, the interval in question might find its account in the "<span class="accented">long war</span> (<a href="/2_samuel/3-1.htm">2 Samuel 3:1, 6, 17-21</a>) between the house of Saul and the house of David." There is, however, still possible the supposition that the historian intends to give the intrinsically correct facts of the case, and means that, what with delay before getting the adhesion of the people to Ishbosheth, and what with the early decay of his sovereign power, he could not be said to have <span class="accented">reigned</span> more than two years. This verse, then, shows that the history proper of Chronicles purports to begin from the time of David's rule over the entire and united people, at the exact date of seven and a half years after Saul's death, while no mention is here made of his intermediate partial rule over Judah, or of Ishbosheth's temporary rule over Benjamin and Israel. <span class="cmt_word">All Israel</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "all the tribes of Israel" (<a href="/2_samuel/5-1.htm">2 Samuel 5:1</a>), by their representatives, "the elders of Israel" (<a href="/2_samuel/3-17.htm">2 Samuel 3:17</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/5-3.htm">2 Samuel 5:3</a>; as well as our ver. 3). The first nine verses of this chapter cover the same ground as the first ten verses of <a href="/2_samuel/5.htm">2 Samuel 5</a>. Unto Hebron. We learn how David came to be here from <a href="/2_samuel/2-1.htm">2 Samuel 2:1</a>. "And it came to pass after this" (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> after David's "lamentation over Saul and Jonathan") "that David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron." Hebron was the "earliest seat of civilized life, not of Judah only, but of all Palestine." It and Bethlehem are two of the most special memorials of David. An interesting sketch of the topography and natural features of this place, and a succinct Biblical history of it in Stanley's 'Sinai and Palestine,' p. 164 (edit. 1866), from which comes the following quotation: - "Hebron, according to the Jewish tradition, was the primeval city of the vine. Its name indicates <span class="accented">community or society.</span> It was the ancient city of Ephron the Hittite, in whose gate he and the elders received the offer of Abraham, when as yet no other fixed habitation of man was known in central Palestine. It was the first home of Abraham and the patriarchs; their own permanent resting-place when they were gradually exchanging the pastoral for the agricultural life. In its neighbourhood can be traced, by a continuous tradition, the site of the venerable tree under which Abraham pitched his tent, and of the double cavern in which he and his family were deposited and perhaps still remain. It was the city of Arba, the old Canaanite chief, with his three giant sons, under whose walls the trembling spies stole through the land by the adjacent valley of Eshcoh Here Caleb chose his portion when, at the head of his valiant tribe, he drove out the old inhabitants, and called the whole surrounding territory after his own name; and here the tribe of Judah always rallied, when it asserted its independent existence against the rest of the Israelite nation. It needs but few words to give the secret of this early selection, of this long continuance of the metropolitan city of Judah. Every traveller from the desert must have been struck by the sight of that pleasant vale, with its orchards and vineyards and numberless wells, and we must add, in earlier times, the groves of terebinths and oaks which then attracted from far the eye of the wandering tribes. This fertility was in part owing to its elevation into the cooler and the more watered region above the dry and withered valleys of the rest of Judaea - and commanding this fertile valley, rose Hebron, on its crested hill." <span class="cmt_word">Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh</span>. This is a figurative expression, the pedigree and lineage of which it is interesting to note (see <a href="/2_samuel/19-12.htm">2 Samuel 19:12</a>; <a href="/judges/9-2.htm">Judges 9:2</a>; <a href="/genesis/29-14.htm">Genesis 29:14</a>; <a href="/genesis/2-23.htm">Genesis 2:23</a>). The highest service to which it was promoted may be said to be reached, however, in <a href="/ephesians/5-30.htm">Ephesians 5:30</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָֽל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">came together</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקָּבְצ֧וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·qā·ḇə·ṣū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm">Strong's 6908: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gather, collect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">David</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּוִ֖יד</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at Hebron</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶבְר֣וֹנָה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥeḇ·rō·w·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2275.htm">Strong's 2275: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hebron -- 'association, league', a city in southern Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and said,</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵאמֹ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(lê·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Here</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we [are],</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nā·ḥə·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_587.htm">Strong's 587: </a> </span><span class="str2">We</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your own flesh</span><br /><span class="heb">וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·śā·rə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and blood.</span><br /><span class="heb">עַצְמְךָ֥</span> <span class="translit">(‘aṣ·mə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6106.htm">Strong's 6106: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">1 Chronicles 11:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">1 Chronicles 11:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">1 Chronicles 11:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">1 Chronicles 11:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">1 Chronicles 11:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">1 Chronicles 11:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">1 Chronicles 11:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">1 Chronicles 11:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">1 Chronicles 11:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">1 Chronicles 11:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 11:1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/10-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 10:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 10:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/11-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 11:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 11:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>