But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
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- WEB But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
- BSB But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:
- NKJV But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
- NASB But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
- NLT But God said to Shemaiah, the man of God,
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Quick answer
God's word comes to the prophet Shemaiah. The Lord intervenes before war begins.
Overview
Before Rehoboam can attack, God speaks through Shemaiah, a man of God. This prophetic intervention shows the Lord actively governing the unfolding crisis. It reminds us that God restrains human conflict and directs history according to his sovereign will.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- 2 Chr 11:2But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
- 1 Tim 6:11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
- 2 Kgs 4:22And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
- 2 Kgs 4:27And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
- 2 Kgs 4:25So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
- 1 Kgs 13:1And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
- 2 Chr 12:5–7Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
- 1 Kgs 13:4–5And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
- 1 Kgs 13:11Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
- 2 Kgs 4:16And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
- 1 Kgs 17:18And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
- 1 Kgs 17:24And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
- Deut 33:1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
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