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2 Samuel 5:1

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

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ASV

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

KJV

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uand they cameH935 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
שִׁבְטֵ֧יshiv.Tei[the] tribes ofH7626 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
דָּוִ֖דda.VidDavidH1732 →
חֶבְר֑וֹנָהchev.Ro.nahHebron towardsH2275 →
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559 →
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
הִנְנ֛וּhi.Nuhere [are] weH2005 →
עַצְמְךָ֥'atz.me.Kha[are] bone yourH6106 →
וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ֖u.ve.sa.re.Khaand flesh yourH1320 →
אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃'a.Na.che.nuweH587 →

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Genesis 2:23And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”1 Chronicles 11:1–3Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.2 Samuel 19:43“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.2 Samuel 19:12You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’2 Samuel 19:13And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”Genesis 29:14Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,Ephesians 5:30For we are members of His body.Deuteronomy 33:7And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”Genesis 35:27Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.2 Samuel 19:42And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”2 Samuel 2:32Later, they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.2 Samuel 22:44You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.Deuteronomy 17:15you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.Hebrews 2:14Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,Judges 9:2“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”1 Chronicles 12:23–40Now 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:2 Samuel 6:1David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.

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