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Friday, June 20th, 2025
the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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2 Chronicles 11:2

But the Lord spoke to a man of God named Shemaiah. He said,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jeroboam;   Rehoboam;   Shemaiah;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Chronicles, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Shemaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Shemaiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam ;   Shemaiah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Shemaiah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Shemai'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Prophecy;   Shemaiah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jeroboam;   Shemaiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God:
Hebrew Names Version
But the word of the LORD came to Shemayah the man of God, saying,
King James Version
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
English Standard Version
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God:
New Century Version
But the Lord spoke his word to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,
New English Translation
But the Lord told Shemaiah the prophet,
Amplified Bible
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
New American Standard Bible
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
World English Bible
But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the worde of the Lorde came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:
Contemporary English Version
Meanwhile, the Lord had told Shemaiah the prophet
Complete Jewish Bible
But this word of Adonai came to Sh'ma‘yah the man of God:
Darby Translation
But the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying,
Good News Translation
But the Lord told the prophet Shemaiah
Lexham English Bible
But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But ye worde of the LORDE came to Semaia the man of God, and sayde:
American Standard Version
But the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
Bible in Basic English
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the worde of the Lorde came to Semiahu the man of God, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying:
King James Version (1611)
But the worde of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Word of the Lord came to Samaias the man of God, saying,
English Revised Version
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to Semeye, the man of God,
Update Bible Version
But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
New King James Version
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
New Living Translation
But the Lord said to Shemaiah, the man of God,
New Life Bible
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
New Revised Standard
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh, unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to Semeias the man of God, saying:
Revised Standard Version
But the word of the LORD came to Shemai'ah the man of God:
Young's Literal Translation
And a word of Jehovah is unto Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,
THE MESSAGE
At the same time the word of God came to Shemaiah, a holy man, "Tell this to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, along with all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin, This is God 's word: Don't march out; don't fight against your brothers the Israelites. Go back home, every last one of you; I'm in charge here." And they did it; they did what God said and went home.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 Rehoboam went back to Jerusalem and gathered together an army of 180,000 men from the families of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin. Rehoboam wanted to go fight against the Israelites and take back his kingdom. 2 But the Lord spoke to a man of God named Shemaiah. He said, 3 "Talk to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to men of Judah and Benjamin. 4 Say to them, ‘The Lord says that you must not go to war against your brothers. Everyone, go home! I made all this happen.'" So all the men in Rehoboam's army obeyed the Lord and went home. They did not attack Jeroboam. 5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built strong cities in Judah to defend against attacks. 6 He repaired the cities of Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, 7 Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam, 8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, 9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, 10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These cities in Judah and Benjamin were made strong.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to Shemaiah: 2 Chronicles 12:5, 2 Chronicles 12:7, 2 Chronicles 12:15, 1 Kings 12:22-24

the man: 2 Chronicles 8:14, Deuteronomy 33:1, 1 Samuel 2:27, 1 Timothy 6:11

Reciprocal: John 10:35 - unto

Cross-References

Genesis 10:10
Nimrod's kingdom spread from Babylon to Erech, to Akkad, and then to Calneh in the land of Babylonia.
Genesis 11:9
That is the place where the Lord confused the language of the whole world. That is why it is called Babel. And it was from there that the Lord caused the people to spread out to all the other places on earth.
Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose to live in the Jordan Valley. The two men separated, and Lot began traveling east.
Genesis 14:1
Amraphel was the king of Babylonia, Arioch was the king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer was the king of Elam, and Tidal was the king of Goiim.
Isaiah 11:11
At that time the Lord will again reach out and take his people who are left in countries like Assyria, North Egypt, South Egypt, Ethiopia, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and other faraway countries around the world.
Daniel 1:2
The Lord allowed Nebuchadnezzar to defeat Jehoiakim king of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar took all the dishes and other things from God's Temple and carried them to Babylon. He put those things in the temple of his gods.
Zechariah 5:11
The angel told me, "They are going to build a house for it in Babylonia. After they build that house, they will put the bucket there."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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