1 Kings 12:22
in 1 Kings 12But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:
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But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
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But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
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This verse in 1 Kings 12
Commentary
4 notes on this verseBut the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God,.... A prophet in those days, see 2Ch 12:15 and the word that came to him, as in the Targum, is called the word of prophecy: saying; as follows.
This site's exposition
an hundred and fourscore thousand
on 1 Kings 12:21-24
Rehoboam raises Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to force the ten tribes back under him by the sword, and civil war stands one march away from beginning. Shemaiah the man of God stops it with a single sentence carrying the Lord's own name on it, this thing is from me, and Rehoboam obeys a prophet's word over a standing army's advantage. The word is the same one already announced at verse 15, now spoken directly to the king rather than narrated about him, and Judah's whole host turns for home without a battle fought.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Shemaiah was the chief prophet in Judah during the reign of Rehoboam, as Ahijah was in Israel. See the marginal references.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Rehoboam determined to assert his authority by leading a large force into the disaffected provinces. But the revolt of the ten tribes was completed when the prophet Shemaiah ordered, in the Lord's name, an abandonment of any hostile measures against the revolutionists. The army, overawed by the divine prohibition, dispersed, and the king was obliged to submit.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִי֙ | vayhi | and it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דְּבַ֣ר | devar | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| שְׁמַעְיָ֥ה | shema'yah | Shemaiah | H8098 → | |
| אִישׁ־ | ʾish- | [the] man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיְהִי֙and it came
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
דְּבַ֣ר[the] word of
devarH1697 →1440 times
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
שְׁמַעְיָ֥הShemaiah
shema'yahH8098 →
אִישׁ־[the] man of
ʾish-H376 →1663 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 17:18“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
it leads to
- Luke 5:8
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
- 2 Kings 3:13
Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for…
- Luke 4:34
“Ha! What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
- John 2:4
“Woman, why does this concern us?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
- 2 Samuel 16:10
But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
- Luke 5:8
Through
2 Chronicles 11:2But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 12:15
Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and…
- 2 Chronicles 12:5–7
Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken…
- 2 Chronicles 12:15
Through
2 Kings 4:25So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 2:25
And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
- 2 Kings 2:25
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.