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New Century Version

2 Chronicles 11:2

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jeroboam;   Rehoboam;   Shemaiah;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Chronicles, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Shemaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Shemaiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam ;   Shemaiah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Shemaiah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Shemai'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Prophecy;   Shemaiah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jeroboam;   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 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,
Good News Translation
But the Lord told the prophet Shemaiah
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 Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered one hundred eighty thousand of the best soldiers from Judah and Benjamin. He wanted to fight Israel to take back his kingdom. 2 But the Lord spoke his word to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying, 3 "Speak to Solomon's son Rehoboam, the king of Judah, and to all the Israelites living in Judah and Benjamin. Say to them, 4 ‘The Lord says you must not go to war against your brothers. Every one of you should go home, because I made all these things happen.'" So they obeyed the Lord 's command and turned back and did not attack Jeroboam. 5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built strong cities in Judah to defend it. 6 He built up the cities of Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, 7 Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam, 8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, 9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, 10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were strong, walled cities in Judah and Benjamin.

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 Nimrod's kingdom covered Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Babylonia.
Genesis 11:9
The place is called Babel since that is where the Lord confused the language of the whole world. So the Lord caused them to spread out from there over the whole world.
Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose to move east and live in the Jordan Valley. In this way Abram and Lot separated.
Genesis 14:1
Now Amraphel was king of Babylonia, Arioch was king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer was king of Elam, and Tidal was king of Goiim.
Isaiah 11:11
At that time the Lord will again reach out and take his people who are left alive in Assyria, North Egypt, South Egypt, Cush, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and all the islands of the sea.
Daniel 1:2
The Lord allowed Nebuchadnezzar to capture Jehoiakim king of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar also took some of the things from the Temple of God, which he carried to Babylonia and put in the temple of his gods.
Zechariah 5:11
"They are going to Babylonia to build a temple for it," he answered. "When the temple is ready, they will set the basket there in its place."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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