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

以色列众人聚集到希伯仑见大卫，说：“我们原是你的骨肉。

以色列众人聚集到希伯仑见大卫，说：“看哪，我们是你的骨肉。

以色列众人聚集到希伯仑见大卫，说：“看哪，我们是你的骨肉。

以色列人都聚集到希伯仑来见大卫，对他说：“我们是你的骨肉同胞。

那时，以色列众人聚集到希伯仑去见大卫，说：“看哪，我们原是你的骨肉。

以色列眾人聚集到希伯崙見大衛，說：「我們原是你的骨肉。

以色列眾人聚集到希伯崙見大衛，說：「看哪，我們是你的骨肉。

以色列眾人聚集到希伯崙見大衛，說：「看哪，我們是你的骨肉。

以色列人都聚集到希伯崙來見大衛，對他說：「我們是你的骨肉同胞。

那時，以色列眾人聚集到希伯崙去見大衛，說：“看哪，我們原是你的骨肉。

以色列眾人集合到希伯崙來見大衛，說：『看哪，我們原是你的骨肉。

以色列眾集於希伯崙、見大衛曰、我為爾之骨肉、

以色列族眾、集於希伯崙、見大闢曰、我儕與爾誼屬同宗。

以色列眾集於希伯崙見大衛曰、我為爾之骨肉、

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

The whole community of Israel came together to see David at Hebron. They said,“ We are your own flesh and blood.

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

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

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

Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, saying,“ Indeed we are your bone and your flesh.

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

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

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

All Israel joined David at Hebron and said,“ Look, we are your very flesh and blood!

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying,“ Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

Then it came about afterward that David inquired of the Lord, saying,“ Shall I go up to one of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him,“ Go up.” So David said,“ Where shall I go up?” And He said,“ To Hebron.”

because we are parts of His body.

Now these are the numbers of the divisions equipped for war, who came to David at Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord.The sons of Judah who carried shield and spear numbered 6,800, equipped for war.From the sons of Simeon, valiant mighty men of war, 7,100.From the sons of Levi, 4,600.Now Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron, and with him were 3,700,also Zadok, a young valiant mighty man, and from his father’s house, twenty two captains.From the sons of Benjamin, Saul’s kinsmen, three thousand; for until now the majority of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.From the sons of Ephraim 20,800, valiant mighty men, famous men in their fathers’ households.From the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were designated by name to come and make David king.From the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command.From Zebulun, there were fifty thousand who went out in the army, who could draw up in battle formation with all kinds of weapons of war and helped David with an undivided heart.From Naphtali there were a thousand captains, and with them thirty seven thousand with shield and spear.From the Danites who could draw up in battle formation, there were 28,600.From Asher there were forty thousand who went out in the army to draw up in battle formation.From the other side of the Jordan, from the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 with all kinds of weapons of war for the battle.All of these, being men of war who helped in battle formation, came to Hebron with a perfect heart to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel also were of one mind to make David king.They were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their kinsmen had prepared for them.Moreover, those who were near to them, as far as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and on oxen, great quantities of flour cakes, fig cakes and bunches of raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep. There was joy indeed in Israel.

And Laban said to him,“ You certainly are my bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him a month.

But Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel, saying,“ As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say,‘ Absalom is king in Hebron!’ ”

When they had gone up into the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were.( Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

you shall in fact appoint a king over you whom the Lord your God chooses. One from among your countrymen you shall appoint as king over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves, anyone who is not your countryman.

You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?’And say to Amasa,‘ Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do so to me, and more so, if you will not be commander of the army for me continually, in place of Joab.’ ”

Now the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: in Hebron he reigned for seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty three years.

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said,“ Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the Lord said to you,‘ You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a leader over Israel.’ ”So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the Lord in Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel.David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned for forty years.At Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty three years over all Israel and Judah.Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; and they said to David,“ You shall not come in here, but even those who are blind and those who limp will turn you away,” thinking,“ David cannot enter here.”Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.And David said on that day,“ Whoever strikes the Jebusites is to reach those who limp and those who are blind, who are hated by David’s soul, through the water tunnel.” For that reason they say,“ People who are blind and people who limp shall not come into the house.”So David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward.David became greater and greater, for the Lord God of armies was with him.Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, carpenters, and stonemasons; and they built a house for David.And David realized that the Lord had appointed him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.Meanwhile David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.Now these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

“ Speak, now, in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem,‘ Which is better for you: for seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, to rule over you, or for one man to rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am your bone and your flesh.”