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2 Chronicles 11:2 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 11 · verse 2
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,2 Chronicles 11:2 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 11:2 in context
1And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
2But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
3Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
4Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ShemaiahShᵉmaʻyâhShemajah, the name of twenty-five IsraelitesH8098 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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How the ten tribes deserted the house of David we read in the foregoing chapter. They had formerly sat loose to that family (Sa2 20:1, Sa2 20:2), and now they quite threw it off, not considering how much it would weaken the common interest and take Israel down from that pitch of glory at which it had arrived in the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12