2 Chronicles 11:4
in 2 Chronicles 11that 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 word is from Me.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the words of Jehovah, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 11
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin
on 2 Chronicles 11:1-4
Rehoboam musters Judah and Benjamin, “180,000 chosen warriors,” to force the ten tribes back, and the passage runs word for word with 1 Kings 12:21-24. Chronicles keeps Shemaiah's oracle, “You are not to go up and fight against your brothers,” and the king obeys a prophet over an army mustered.
This site's exposition
fight against your brothers
Calling the northern tribes brothers places the split inside one family. The oracle names the division as the LORD's own doing. Henry says good words might have prevented the revolt, but the thing was done, and it was Rehoboam's wisdom to make the best of it.
The words behind it
25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֣ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֡ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תַעֲלוּ֩ | taalu | you must go up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִלָּ֨חֲמ֜וּ | tilachamu | you must do battle | H3898 → | 177 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲחֵיכֶ֗ם | ʾacheikhem | countrymen your | H251 → | 630 times |
| שׁ֚וּבוּ | shuvu | return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אִ֣ישׁ | ʾish | everyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| לְבֵית֔וֹ | leveito | to own house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| כִּ֧י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מֵֽאִתִּ֛י | meiti | from with <the> me | H854 → | 929 times |
| נִהְיָ֖ה | nihyah | it has occurred | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הַדָּבָ֣ר | hadavar | the thing | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ | vaiyishmeu | and they obeyed | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דִּבְרֵ֣י | divrei | [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ | vaiyashuvu | and they turned back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| מִלֶּ֥כֶת | milekhet | from going | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יָרָבְעָֽם׃ פ | yaraveam | Jeroboam | H3379 → | 104 times |
כֹּ֣הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֡הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
תַעֲלוּ֩you must go up
taaluH5927 →890 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
תִלָּ֨חֲמ֜וּyou must do battle
tilachamuH3898 →177 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲחֵיכֶ֗םcountrymen your
ʾacheikhemH251 →630 times
שׁ֚וּבוּreturn
shuvuH7725 →1056 times
אִ֣ישׁeveryone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
לְבֵית֔וֹto own house his
leveitoH1004 →2046 times
כִּ֧יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
מֵֽאִתִּ֛יfrom with <the> me
meitiH854 →929 times
נִהְיָ֖הit has occurred
nihyahH1961 →3559 times
הַדָּבָ֣רthe thing
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙and they obeyed
vaiyishmeuH8085 →1159 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דִּבְרֵ֣י[the] words of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּand they turned back
vaiyashuvuH7725 →1056 times
מִלֶּ֥כֶתfrom going
milekhetH1980 →1546 times
אֶל־against
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יָרָבְעָֽם׃ פJeroboam
yaraveamH3379 →104 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Genesis 50:20As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
it leads to
- Romans 8:28
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- Psalms 119:71
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
- Genesis 45:5–8
And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
- Genesis 37:18–20
Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
- Acts 2:23
He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
- Romans 8:28
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
