² “Please speak in the hearing of all the men of Shechem: ‘Which is better for you, that all ^(A)seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal reign over you, or that one reign over you?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and ^(B)bone.”

³⁰ Gideon had ^(A)seventy sons who were his own offspring, for he had many wives.

¹⁴ And Laban said to him, ^(A)“Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him for a month.

¹⁴ Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He ^(A)Himself likewise shared in the same, ^(B)that through death He might destroy him who had the power of ^(C)death, that is, the devil,

David Made King over All Israel^(A)

11 Then ^(B)all Israel came together to David at Hebron, saying, “Indeed we are your bone and your flesh.

³⁰ For ^(A)we are members of His body, ^[a]of His flesh and of His bones.

^13 (A)And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? ^(B)God do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of the army before me ^[a]continually in place of Joab.’ ”