1 Kings 12:22

Shemaiah

²⁰ When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

²¹ And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

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

²³ “Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people

²⁴ that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:
KJV: But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
WEB: But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
ASV: But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
DARBY: But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
BLB: And the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

ÅB: Da kom Guds ord til Semaja, den Guds mann, og det lød slik:
OTB: Men Herrens budskap kom til Sjemaja, Guds mann, og sa,
B1930: Da kom Guds ord til Semaja, den Guds mann, og det lød således:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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2 Chronicles 11:2
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:
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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 Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”
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1 Kings 13:11
Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.
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1 Kings 13:1
Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.
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2 Kings 4:22
And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”
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1 Timothy 6:11
But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
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Deuteronomy 33:1
This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
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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?”
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