## we are your flesh and bone  ##

This phrase means "relative." AT:"we are related to you" or "we are of the same family." - (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## In the recent past ##

This is historical information. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

## you ##

Here this refers to David. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-youformal]])

## shepherd my people Israel, ...ruler over Israel ##

These two phrase have similar meanings and are combined here for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])