2 Chronicles 11:4

Translations

Modern

…that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.

Traditional

Thus 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.

Literal

…thus says YHWH: ‘You shall not go up and you shall not fight against your brothers; let every man return to his house, for this thing is from Me.’” And they heard the words of YHWH and turned back from going against Jeroboam.

Latin

Hæc dicit Dominus: Non ascendetis, neque pugnabitis contra fratres vestros: revertatur unusquisque in domum suam, quia mea hoc gestum est voluntate. Qui cum audissent sermonem Domini, reversi sunt, nec perrexerunt contra Jeroboam.

Original

Hebrew

English

…that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.

Notes

2 Chronicles 11:1–4

Shemaiah's prophecy stopped an immediate civil war among Israel's tribes. However, Rehoboam's reign is described as one of constant conflict with Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 12:15). Civil war marked the first fifty years of the divided kingdom, lasting until Omri's time.

Theme notes and profiles

Jeroboam I Rehoboam God’s Inscrutable Purposes in History

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Parallels

1 Kings 12:20–24

People

Jeroboam: First king of the northern kingdom of Israel

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Hebron (Place) Shemaiah

Topics

Government: God In in Dividing the Jewish Nation Into Two Different Countries Jeroboam: First King of Israel After the Revolt: His Wars with Rehoboam Rehoboam: Ten Tribes, Under the Leadership of Jeroboam, Successfully Revolt From Shemaiah: A Prophet in the Time of Rehoboam: Prevents Rehoboam from War with Jeroboam War: Forbidden

2 Chronicles 11:4

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