2 Samuel 5:1

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2 Samuel 5:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

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

2 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.’”

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.

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1 Chronicles 11:1

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

1 Chronicles 11:2

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.’”

1 Chronicles 11:3

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.

1 Chronicles 12:23

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:

1 Chronicles 12:24

From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.

1 Chronicles 12:25

From Simeon: 7,100 mighty men of valor, ready for battle.

1 Chronicles 12:26

From Levi: 4,600,

1 Chronicles 12:27

including Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men,

1 Chronicles 12:28

and Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, with 22 commanders from his own family.

1 Chronicles 12:29

From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.

1 Chronicles 12:30

From Ephraim: 20,800 mighty men of valor, famous among their own clans.

1 Chronicles 12:31

From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.

1 Chronicles 12:32

From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.

1 Chronicles 12:33

From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.

1 Chronicles 12:34

From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders, accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.

1 Chronicles 12:35

From Dan: 28,600 prepared for battle.

1 Chronicles 12:36

From Asher: 40,000 fit for service, prepared for battle.

1 Chronicles 12:37

And from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh there: 120,000 armed with every kind of weapon of war.

1 Chronicles 12:38

All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.

1 Chronicles 12:39

They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.

1 Chronicles 12:40

And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.

2 Samuel 19:13

And 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 29:14

Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

Deuteronomy 17:15

you 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.

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.”

Ephesians 5:30

For we are members of His body.

Hebrews 2:14

Now 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,