2 Chronicles 11:4

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4 ‘Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up or fight against ¹your relatives. Return every man to his home, for this thing is from me. ’” So they listened to the word of the Lord and returned and did not go against Jeroboam.

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2 Chronicles 11:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:4

(See Gill on 1 Kings 12:24).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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2 Chronicles 11:4 In-Context

2 But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God:

3 “Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,

4 ‘Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up or fight against your relatives. Return every man to his home, for this thing is from me. ’” So they listened to the word of the Lord and returned and did not go against Jeroboam.

5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built cities for defense in Judah.

6 He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

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1. 11:4 ch. 28:8, 11