Verse 1

2 Samuel 5:1

English Revised Version

1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבֹ֜אוּ כָּל שִׁבְטֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶל דָּוִ֖ד חֶבְר֑וֹנָ/ה וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר הִנְ/נ֛וּ עַצְמְ/ךָ֥ וּֽ/בְשָׂרְ/ךָ֖ אֲנָֽחְנוּ
English Translation
And all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said to him, "Here we are, your bone and your flesh."
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Chapter 5 Context
1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone...
2 In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: an... Focus ↗
3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in... Focus ↗
4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. Focus ↗
5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six mouths: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and t... Focus ↗
6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which... Focus ↗
7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion; the same is the city of David. Focus ↗
8 And David said on that day, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and... Focus ↗
9 And David dwelt in the strong hold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about fro... Focus ↗
10 And David waxed greater and greater; for the LORD, the God (Elohim) of hosts, was with him. Focus ↗
11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and th... Focus ↗
12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his... Focus ↗
13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and th... Focus ↗
14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Natha... Focus ↗
15 and Ibhar, and Elishua; and Nepheg, and Japhia; Focus ↗
16 and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet. Focus ↗
17 And when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines we... Focus ↗
18 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver the... Focus ↗
19 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, The LORD hath broken mine e... Focus ↗
20 And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away. Focus ↗
21 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Focus ↗
22 And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up: make a circuit behind them, and... Focus ↗
23 And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that the... Focus ↗
24 And David did so, as the LORD commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to... Focus ↗