-
1 Chronicles 11 1-1 Chronicles 11 3
Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, saying,“ Indeed we are your bone and your flesh.Also, in time past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord your God said to you,‘ You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over My people Israel.’”Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.
-
2 Samuel 19 13
And say to Amasa,‘ Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of the army before me continually in place of Joab.’”
-
Judges 9:2
“ Please speak in the hearing of all the men of Shechem:‘ Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal reign over you, or that one reign over you?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and bone.”
-
Hebrews 2:14
Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
-
Ephesians 5:30
For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.
-
Deuteronomy 17:15
you shall surely set a king over you whom the Lord your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
-
Genesis 29:14
And Laban said to him,“ Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him for a month.
-
1 Chronicles 12 23-1 Chronicles 12 40
Now these were the numbers of the divisions that were equipped for war, and came to David at Hebron to turn over the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord:of the sons of Judah bearing shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred armed for war;of the sons of Simeon, mighty men of valor fit for war, seven thousand one hundred;of the sons of Levi four thousand six hundred;Jehoiada, the leader of the Aaronites, and with him three thousand seven hundred;Zadok, a young man, a valiant warrior, and from his father’s house twenty-two captains;of the sons of Benjamin, relatives of Saul, three thousand( until then the greatest part of them had remained loyal to the house of Saul);of the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men throughout their father’s house;of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were designated by name to come and make David king;of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command;of Zebulun there were fifty thousand who went out to battle, expert in war with all weapons of war, stouthearted men who could keep ranks;of Naphtali one thousand captains, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear;of the Danites who could keep battle formation, twenty-eight thousand six hundred;of Asher, those who could go out to war, able to keep battle formation, forty thousand;of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, from the other side of the Jordan, one hundred and twenty thousand armed for battle with every kind of weapon of war.All these men of war, who could keep ranks, came to Hebron with a loyal heart, to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were of one mind to make David king.And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren had prepared for them.Moreover those who were near to them, from as far away as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, were bringing food on donkeys and camels, on mules and oxen— provisions of flour and cakes of figs and cakes of raisins, wine and oil and oxen and sheep abundantly, for there was joy in Israel.