¹² You are my relatives, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to bring back the king?’

David Becomes King Over Israel^(A)

5 All the tribes of Israel^(B) came to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood.^(C)

³⁰ for we are members of his body.^(A)

² “Ask all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember, I am your flesh and blood.^(A)”

²³ The man said,