2 Samuel 5:1
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Hebron
- WHEN
- c. 1010-1003 BC
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WHEN
c. 1010-1003 BC
counted from the text
David takes Jerusalem and makes it the capital.
WHO RULED
- David king of Israel 1010-970 BC
SOURCES
- date — 2 Samuel 5:4-5 gives the length of the reign, not the year. The absolute years come from the chronology of the kings, anchored in 1 Kings 6:1.
- David — 2 Samuel 5:4-5, which gives the length of the reign; the Tel Dan stele, which mentions the "house of David" (the oldest record of the name outside the Bible)
SEE ALSO
- 1 Chronicles 11:1-3 Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood. …
- Genesis 29:14 Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
- 2 Samuel 19:13 And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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