2 Chronicles 11:4
that 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 is My doing.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.
Majority Standard Bible
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In Context
3“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
5Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
Cross References
Genesis 13:8So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen.
2 Samuel 2:26Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
1 Kings 22:36As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”
2 Chronicles 25:7But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the Ephraimites.
Psalms 33:11The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
Acts 7:26The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he urged them to make peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
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 →