列王纪上 12:24

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

‘耶和華這樣說：你們不可上去，不可與你們的兄弟以色列人爭戰。你們各自回家去吧！因為這事是出於我。’”眾人就聽從了耶和華的話，照著耶和華的話回家去了。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
耶 和 华 如 此 说 ： 你 们 不 可 上 去 与 你 们 的 弟 兄 以 色 列 人 争 战 。 各 归 各 家 去 罢 ！ 因 为 这 事 出 於 我 。 众 人 就 听 从 耶 和 华 的 话 ， 遵 着 耶 和 华 的 命 回 去 了 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ When all the Israelites saw that the new king refused to listen to them, they said to the king, "We have no share in David! We have no part in the son of Jesse! People of Israel, let's go to our own homes! Let David's son rule his own people!" So the Israelites went home. ¹⁷ But Rehoboam still ruled over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah. ¹⁸ Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor. When Rehoboam sent him to the people of Israel, they threw stones at him until he died. But King Rehoboam ran to his chariot and escaped to Jerusalem. ¹⁹ Since then, Israel has been against the family of David. ²⁰ When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they called him to a meeting and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah continued to follow the family of David. ²¹ When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered one hundred eighty thousand of the best soldiers from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. As son of Solomon, Rehoboam wanted to fight the people of Israel to take back his kingdom. ²² But God spoke his word to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying, ²³ "Speak to Solomon's son Rehoboam, the king of Judah, and to all the people of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the people. Say to them, ²⁴ ‘The Lord says you must not go to war against your brothers, the Israelites. Every one of you should go home, because I made all these things happen.'" So they obeyed the Lord 's command and went home as the Lord had commanded.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ye shall not go up: Numbers 14:42, 2 Chronicles 11:4, 2 Chronicles 25:7, 2 Chronicles 25:8, 2 Chronicles 28:9-13

for this thing: 1 Kings 12:15, 1 Kings 11:29-38, Hosea 8:4

They hearkened: 2 Chronicles 25:10, 2 Chronicles 28:13-15

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 14:7 - Forasmuch 1 Kings 14:30 - General 1 Kings 22:36 - Every man 2 Chronicles 10:15 - the cause Acts 5:39 - if

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord,.... A common preface the prophets used when they spoke in the name of the Lord:

ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel; and that because they were their brethren; though that is not the only reason, another follows:

return every man to his house, for this thing is from me; it was according to the will of God, as Josephus rightly says o; it was by his ordination and appointment, though Jeroboam and the people sinned in the way and manner in which they brought it about; and therefore to fight against Israel, in order to regain the kingdom, would be fighting against God, and so to no purpose:

they hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart according to the word of the Lord; they knew Shemaiah was a prophet of the Lord, and they believed the message he brought came from him, and therefore hearkened and were obedient to it; and with the consent of Rehoboam were disbanded, and returned to their habitations, being satisfied with, and submissive to, the will of God, both king and people.

o Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 8. c. 8. sect. 3.)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 24. For this thing is from me. — That is, the separation of the ten tribes from the house of David.

They - returned to depart — This was great deference, both in Rehoboam and his officers, to relinquish, at the demand of the prophet, a war which they thought they had good grounds to undertake. The remnant of the people heard the Divine command gratefully, for the mass of mankind are averse from war. No nations would ever rise up against each other, were they not instigated to it or compelled by the rulers.