2 Samuel 5:1

“Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.”

"Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh." - 2 Samuel 5:1
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What does 2 Samuel 5:1 mean?

The verse 2 Samuel 5:1 from the King James Version of the Bible reads, "Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh." This verse marks a significant moment in the history of Israel, as it represents the…

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Unity in Christ: The Power of Being One in Him

In 2 Samuel 5:1, we read, "Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh." This moment in Scripture is significant not only for the nation of Israel but also serves as a powerful statement about unity…

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A Prayer for Unity and Leadership in the Spirit of David

O Lord Almighty, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, I come before You today, inspired by the profound truth found in 2 Samuel 5:1, which declares, "Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh." In these words…

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2 Samuel 5:1 - "Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh."
2 Samuel 5:12
1 Samuel 5:1 - "And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod."
1 Samuel 5:2 - "When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon."
2 Samuel 1:5 - "And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?"
2 Samuel 5:15 - "Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,"
2 Samuel 5:16 - "And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet."
"And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet." - 2 Samuel 5:16
"And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod." - 1 Samuel 5:1
1 Samuel 2:5 - "They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble."
1 Samuel 7:5 - "And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD."
2 Samuel 5:18 - "The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim."
2 Samuel 5:7 - "Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David."
1 Samuel 5: 3-4
2 Samuel 5:22 - "¶ And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim."
2 Samuel 5:21 - "And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them."
1 Samuel 15:5 - "And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley."
"When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon." - 1 Samuel 5:2
"Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia," - 2 Samuel 5:15
2 Samuel 5:10 - "And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him."
2 Samuel 5:4 - "¶ David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years."
2 Samuel 11:5 - "And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child."
2 Samuel 3:5 - "And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron."
1 Samuel 5:5 - "Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day."
1 Samuel 2:26 - "And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men."
1 Samuel 2:18 - "¶ But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod."
1 Samuel 9:1-2
2 Samuel 5:5 - "In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah."
2 Samuel 22:5 - "When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;"