My bones and my flesh. — More exactly, bone, as in 2 Samuel 19:13 and 2 Samuel 5:1. Of course the tribe of Judah, from which David sprung, was more closely connected with him by blood than any other; but the point likely to influence them was that the king recognised this relationship.
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2 Samuel 19:12
12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?