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1 Chronicles 11:1
“Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.”
Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 11
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Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
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In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. Yahweh your God said to you, 'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.
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So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Yahweh by Samuel.
About 1 Chronicles
Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.
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