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1 Chronicles 11:3

in 1 Chronicles 11

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by Samuel.

KJV

Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to 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 by Samuel.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 11

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

all Israel came together to David at Hebron

on 1 Chronicles 11:1-3

Chronicles opens David's reign already unified. The civil war against Ish-bosheth that fills 2 Samuel 2 to 4 is never retold, and all Israel came to David at Hebron. Verse 3 grounds the anointing in the word of the LORD through Samuel, the choice made at 1 Samuel 16.

This site's exposition

David made a covenant with

This is David's third anointing: by Samuel in Bethlehem (1 Samuel 16:13), by Judah at Hebron (2 Samuel 2:4), and by all Israel. The clause about the word through Samuel is the Chronicler's own, and 2 Samuel 5:3 ends at the anointing. The covenant bound the king to his people.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

If God had said, David shall rule, it is in vain to oppose it. Men that have long stood in their own light, when they have long wearied themselves with their lying vanities, it is to be hoped, will understand the things that belong to their peace and return to their own mercies. Between prince and people there is an original contract, which both ought religiously to observe.

The words behind it

24 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַ֠יָּבֹאוּand they came

    vaiyavouH935 →2568 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • זִקְנֵ֨י[the] elders of

    zikneiH2205 →178 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֤לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • חֶבְר֔וֹנָהHebron towards

    chevronahH2275 →72 times

  • וַיִּכְרֹת֩and he made

    vaiyikhrotH3772 →288 times

  • לָהֶ֨םto them

    lahem

  • דָּוִ֥ידDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • בְּרִ֛יתa covenant

    beritH1285 →284 times

  • בְּחֶבְר֖וֹןat Hebron

    bechevronH2275 →72 times

  • לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וַיִּמְשְׁח֨וּand they anointed

    vaiyimshechuH4886 →70 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • דָּוִ֤ידDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙to king

    lemelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • כִּדְבַ֥רaccording to [the] word of

    kidvarH1697 →1440 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בְּיַד־by [the] hand of

    beyad-H3027 →1618 times

  • שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃ סSamuel

    shemuelH8050 →141 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 5:3

    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.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 16:13

      So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Samuel 2:4

      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.”

  • Through

    1 Samuel 16:1

    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…

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 15:23

      For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”

    • 2 Kings 9:1

      Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

    • Psalms 78:68–71

      But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

    • 1 Samuel 15:35

      And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

    • Romans 15:12

      And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”

  • Through

    2 Samuel 2:4

    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.”

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 5:5

      In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Berean Standard Bible, 2 Samuel 5:3; Berean Standard Bible, 1 Samuel 16:13; Berean Standard Bible, 2 Samuel 2:4; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.