2 Chronicles 11:4
Thus said YHWH: You do not go up nor fight with your brothers! Let each return to his house, for this thing has been from Me”; and they hear the words of YHWH, and turn back from going against Jeroboam.
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In Context
3“Speak to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
5And Rehoboam dwells in Jerusalem, and builds cities for a bulwark in Judah,
Cross References
Genesis 13:8And Abram says to Lot, “Please let there not be strife between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds, for we [are] men—brothers.
2 Samuel 2:26and Abner calls to Joab and says, “Does the sword consume forever? Have you not known that it is bitterness in the latter end? And until when do you not say to the people to turn back from after their brothers?”
1 Kings 22:36and he causes the cry to pass over through the camp, at the going in of the sun, saying, “Each to his city, and each to his land!”
2 Chronicles 25:7and a man of God has come to him, saying, “O king, the host of Israel does not go with you; for YHWH is not with Israel—all the sons of Ephraim;
Psalms 33:11The counsel of YHWH stands for all time, || The thoughts of His heart from generation to generation.
Acts 7:26On the succeeding day, also, he showed himself to them as they are striving, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers, why do you do injustice to one another?
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 11:2-13
Rehoboam Forbidden to Make War. ( b. c. 975.) 1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. 2 But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 4 Thus saith the Lord , Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your… Read the whole commentary →