1 Chronicles 11:1

David Becomes King Over Israel

1 All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood.

1 Chronicles 11:1 in Other Translations

1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

1 Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.

1 Then all Israel gathered before David at Hebron and told him, “We are your own flesh and blood.

1 Then all Israel assembled before David at Hebron. "Look at us," they said. "We're your very flesh and blood.

1 All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, "Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

1 Chronicles 11:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 11:2

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 11:1)

1 Chronicles 11:1 In-Context

1 All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood.

2 In 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.’ ”

3 When 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.

4 David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). The Jebusites who lived there

5 said to David, “You will not get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion—which is the City of David.

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Chronicles 9:1
• 2. S Genesis 13:18; S Genesis 23:19