1 Chronicles 11:1
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Then all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh.

Hebron

Numbers 13:22 And they went up at the south side, and came to Hebron, where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sons of Enac. For Hebron was built seven years before Tanis the city of Egypt.

2 Samuel 2:1 And after these things David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go up into one of the cities of Juda? And the Lord said to him: Go up. And David said: Whither shall I go up? And he answered him: Into Hebron.

2 Samuel 15:10 And Absalom sent spies into all the tribes of Israel, saying: As soon as you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, say ye: Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

1 Kings 2:11 And the days that David reigned in Israel, were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, in Jerusalem thirty-three.

Behold

Genesis 29:14 He answered: Thou art my bone and my flesh. And after the days of one month were expired,

Deuteronomy 17:15 Thou shalt set him whom the Lord thy God shall choose out of the number of thy brethren. Thou mayst not make a man of another nation king, that is not thy brother.

Judges 9:2 Speak to all the men of Sichem: whether is better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerobaal, should rule over you, or that one man should rule over you? And withal, consider that I am your bone, and your flesh.

2 Samuel 19:12,13 You are my brethren, you are my bone, and my flesh, why are you the last to bring back the king? . . .

Ephesians 5:30 Because we are members of him, body, of his flesh and of his bones.

Context
David Anointed King over Israel
1Then all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh.2Yesterday also, and the day before when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: for the Lord thy God said to thee: Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over them.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:1
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron, saying: Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh.

2 Samuel 5:3
The ancients also of Israel came to the king of Hebron, and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David to be king over Israel.

Lexicon
Then all
כָֽל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

came together
וַיִּקָּבְצ֧וּ (way·yiq·qā·ḇə·ṣū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6908: To gather, collect

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

David
דָּוִ֖יד (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

at Hebron
חֶבְר֣וֹנָה (ḥeḇ·rō·w·nāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2275: Hebron -- 'association, league', a city in southern Judah

and said,
לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Here
הִנֵּ֛ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

we [are],
אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃ (’ă·nā·ḥə·nū)
Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 587: We

your own flesh
וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ֖ (ū·ḇə·śā·rə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

and blood.
עַצְמְךָ֥ (‘aṣ·mə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame


Additional Translations
Then 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 to Hebron, saying, Behold, 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.

And all Israel came to David in Chebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bones and thy flesh.

And all Israel assembled themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

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

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

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

And gathered are all Israel unto David to Hebron, saying, 'Lo, thy bone and thy flesh are we;
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