THEOSIS1 Chronicles 11:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh.
וַיִּקָּבְצ֧וּ כָֽל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶל־דָּוִ֖יד חֶבְר֣וֹנָה לֵאמֹ֑ר הִנֵּ֛ה עַצְמְךָ֥ וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ֖ אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 17:15Thou 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.
- 1 Chr 12:23And this is the number of the chiefs of the army who came to David, when he was in Hebron, to transfer to him the kingdom of Saul, according to the word of the Lord.
- 1 Chr 12:40Moreover they that were near them even as far as Issachar, and Zabulon, and Nephtali, brought loaves on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, to eat: meal, figs, raisins, wine, oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance, for there was joy in Israel.
- Gen 29:14He answered: Thou art my bone and my flesh. And after the days of one month were expired,
- Judg 9:2Speak 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 Sam 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron, saying: Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh.
- 2 Sam 5:16And Japhia, and Elisama, and Elioda, and Eliphaleth.
- 2 Sam 15:10And 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.