“Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin:
Parallel translations
- WEB “Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
- KJV Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
- BSB “Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
- NKJV “Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
- NASB “Tell Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
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Quick answer
Shemaiah is told to address Rehoboam and all the people of Judah and Benjamin. God's message comes to king and people alike.
Overview
The prophet is commissioned to speak not only to the king but to the whole southern kingdom. God's word is for the entire community that would otherwise march to war. This sets the stage for the command that follows, a summons to obedience that will spare brother from killing brother.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Exod 24:4Moses wrote all Yahweh’s words, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
- 2 Kgs 17:34To this day they do what they did before. They don’t fear Yahweh, and they do not follow the statutes, or the ordinances, or the law, or the commandment which Yahweh commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
- Phil 3:5circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
- Gen 49:28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.
- Rev 7:4–8I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
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