But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
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- WEB But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
- KJV But the word of God came unto 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,
- 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.
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Cross-references · 13
- 2 Chr 11:2But Yahweh’s word came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
- 1 Tim 6:11But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
- 2 Kgs 4:22She called to her husband, and said, “Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.”
- 2 Kgs 4:27When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, “Leave her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”
- 2 Kgs 4:25So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her afar off, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Behold, there is the Shunammite.
- 1 Kgs 13:1Behold, a man of God came out of Judah by Yahweh’s word to Beth El; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
- 2 Chr 12:5–7Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Yahweh says, ‘You have forsaken me, therefore I have also left you in the hand of Shishak.’”
- 1 Kgs 13:4–5When the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam put out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him!” His hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to himself.
- 1 Kgs 13:11Now an old prophet lived in Bethel, and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king.
- 2 Kgs 4:16He said, “At this season, when the time comes around, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant.”
- 1 Kgs 17:18She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!”
- 1 Kgs 17:24The woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that Yahweh’s word in your mouth is truth.”
- Deut 33:1This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
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