King James Version
1 Chronicles 11:1 in the King James Version says “Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.”
1 Chronicles 11:1 · KJV
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. in time: Heb. both yesterday and the third day feed: or, rule
Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel. by: Heb. by the hand of
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“Then all Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“Behold we are thy bone”
H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
“and thy flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
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