“Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 5 contains 25 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.