2 Chronicles 11:2

Good News Translation

But the Lord told the prophet Shemaiah

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God:

Hebrew Names Version
But the word of the LORD came to Shemayah the man of God, saying,

King James Version
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

English Standard Version
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God:

New Century Version
But the Lord spoke his word to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,

New English Translation
But the Lord told Shemaiah the prophet,

Amplified Bible
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

New American Standard Bible
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

World English Bible
But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
But the worde of the Lorde came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:

Contemporary English Version
Meanwhile, the Lord had told Shemaiah the prophet

Complete Jewish Bible
But this word of Adonai came to Sh'ma‘yah the man of God:

Darby Translation
But the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
But the Lord spoke to a man of God named Shemaiah. He said,

George Lamsa Translation
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying,

Lexham English Bible
But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,

Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But ye worde of the LORDE came to Semaia the man of God, and sayde:

American Standard Version
But the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

Bible in Basic English
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the worde of the Lorde came to Semiahu the man of God, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying:

King James Version (1611)
But the worde of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Word of the Lord came to Samaias the man of God, saying,

English Revised Version
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to Semeye, the man of God,

Update Bible Version
But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

New King James Version
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

New Living Translation
But the Lord said to Shemaiah, the man of God,

New Life Bible
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

New Revised Standard
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh, unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to Semeias the man of God, saying:

Revised Standard Version
But the word of the LORD came to Shemai'ah the man of God:

Young's Literal Translation
And a word of Jehovah is unto Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,

THE MESSAGE
At the same time the word of God came to Shemaiah, a holy man, "Tell this to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, along with all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin, This is God 's word: Don't march out; don't fight against your brothers the Israelites. Go back home, every last one of you; I'm in charge here." And they did it; they did what God said and went home.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ When King Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he called together 180,000 of the best soldiers from the tribes of Benjamin and Judah. He intended to go to war and restore his control over the northern tribes of Israel. ² But the Lord told the prophet Shemaiah ³ to give this message to King Rehoboam and to all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin: ⁴ "Do not attack your own relatives. Go home, all of you. What has happened is my will." They obeyed the Lord 's command and did not go to fight Jeroboam. ⁵ Rehoboam remained in Jerusalem and had fortifications built for the following cities of Judah and Benjamin: ⁶ Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, ⁷ Bethzur, Soco, Adullam, ⁸ Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, ⁹ Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, ¹⁰ Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to Shemaiah: 2 Chronicles 12:5, 2 Chronicles 12:7, 2 Chronicles 12:15, 1 Kings 12:22-24

the man: 2 Chronicles 8:14, Deuteronomy 33:1, 1 Samuel 2:27, 1 Timothy 6:11

Reciprocal: John 10:35 - unto

Cross-References

Genesis 10:10
At first his kingdom included Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all three of them in Babylonia.

Genesis 11:9
The city was called Babylon, because there the Lord mixed up the language of all the people, and from there he scattered them all over the earth.

Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself and moved away toward the east. That is how the two men parted.

Genesis 14:1
Four kings, Amraphel of Babylonia, Arioch of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer of Elam, and Tidal of Goiim,

Isaiah 11:11
When that day comes, the Lord will once again use his power and bring back home those of his people who are left in Assyria and Egypt, in the lands of Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Babylonia, and Hamath, and in the coastlands and on the islands of the sea.

Daniel 1:2
The Lord let him capture King Jehoiakim and seize some of the Temple treasures. He took some prisoners back with him to the temple of his gods in Babylon, and put the captured treasures in the temple storerooms.

Zechariah 5:11
He answered, "To Babylonia, where they will build a temple for it. When the temple is finished, the basket will be placed there to be worshiped."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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