Text: 1 Chronicles 11:1-3
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 5:1-3
Subject: David made king over all Israel
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These are parallel accounts of David's anointing as king over all Israel at Hebron. Both texts record the tribal elders' declaration that David is "our bone and our flesh" (עַצְמְךָ וּבְשָׂרְךָ, atsmekha uvsarekha) and God's charge that David will "shepherd" (רָעָה, ra'ah) Israel. The Chronicler follows 2 Samuel nearly verbatim but omits David's seven-year reign over Judah alone, presenting unified Israelite kingship as the immediate divine ideal. This editorial choice emphasizes the all-Israel unity under David that the post-exilic community is called to recover.
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Text: 2 Samuel 5:1-3
OT Text Referred to: 1 Chronicles 11:1-3
Subject: Kingship and royal lineage
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These are parallel accounts of David's coronation covenant at Hebron. Both record the three-part declaration: Israel is David's "bone and flesh," David led Israel's campaigns even under Saul, and the LORD designated David as נָגִיד (nagid, "ruler/prince") over Israel. The texts are nearly verbatim, with both noting that David "made a covenant" (וַיִּכְרֹת... בְּרִית, vayyikhrot... berit) with the elders "before the LORD." The Chronicler adds that the anointing fulfilled "the word of the LORD through Samuel" (1 Chr 11:3), making explicit the prophetic authorization that Samuel only implies. This covenant at Hebron establishes the bilateral dimension of Davidic kingship — the king rules by divine appointment and popular consent.
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Text: 2 Samuel 5:1
OT Text Referred to: 1 Chronicles 11:1
Subject: David made king over all Israel
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both texts record the assembly of all Israel's tribes at Hebron to anoint David king, using the declaration "We are your bone and flesh" (עַצְמְךָ וּבְשָׂרְךָ, atsmekha uvsarekha) — a kinship formula expressing corporate solidarity. The Chronicler closely follows Samuel's account but omits the entire seven-year Hebron reign and Ish-bosheth rivalry (2 Sam 2-4), jumping directly from Saul's death to David's coronation over all Israel. This editorial compression serves the Chronicler's purpose of presenting David's kingship as the immediate, divinely ordained succession rather than the result of protracted civil war. Both texts emphasize the people's recognition that David had already been their shepherd-leader even under Saul.