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2 Chronicles 11:2

in 2 Chronicles 11

But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:

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The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

But the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

KJV

But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

This verse in 2 Chronicles 11

Commentary

1 note on this verse

This site's exposition

an hundred and fourscore thousand

on 2 Chronicles 11:1-4

Rehoboam gathers Judah and Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen warriors, to force the ten tribes back by the sword, and this passage runs almost word for word with 1 Kings 12:21-24. Chronicles keeps Shemaiah's oracle exactly, ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me, and the king obeys a prophet over an army already mustered. The Chronicler adds nothing to the scene itself; his own material about this reign starts at the next verse, with the cities Rehoboam builds instead of the war he does not fight.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

and he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin who were together on the border. Jerusalem belonged to both of them, and the Temple was built on their common border. In the section dealing with boundaries in Joshua, it explains how their border was shared.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 11:1:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיְהִי֙and it came

    vayhiH19613559 times

  • דְּבַר־[the] word of

    devar-H16971440 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הוּShemaiah

    shema'yahuH809841 times

  • אִישׁ־[the] man of

    ʾish-H3761663 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים<the> God

    haelohimH4302601 times

  • לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying

    lemorH5595305 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 Timothy 6:11

    But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

    it leads to

    • 2 Timothy 2:22

      Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

    • 1 Timothy 4:12

      Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

    • 2 Timothy 3:17

      so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

    • Hebrews 12:14

      Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

    • 2 Peter 1:5–7

      For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 9:29

      As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the…

    • 2 Chronicles 12:5

      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…

  • Through

    1 Samuel 2:27

    Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s…

    it leads to

    • Judges 13:6

      So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from,…

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

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