1 Kings 12:22

Contextual Overview

¹⁶When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered him: ¹⁶ When all Yisra'el saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Yishai: to your tents, Yisra'el: now see to your own house, David. So Yisra'el departed to their tents. ¹⁶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. ¹⁶ And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, "What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David." So Israel went to their tents. 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. ¹⁶ When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, "We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!" So Israel returned to their homes. ¹⁶So when all [the ten northern tribes of] Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people replied to the king, saying, "What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; To your tents, O Israel! Look now after your own house, David!" Then Israel went back to their tents. ¹⁶ When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people replied to the king, saying, "What share do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; To your tents, Israel! Now look after your own house, David!" So Israel went away to their tents. ¹⁶ So when all Israel sawe that the King regarded them not, the people answered the King thus, saying, What portion haue we in Dauid? we haue none inheritance in the sonne of Ishai. To your tents, O Israel: nowe see to thine owne house, Dauid. So Israel departed vnto their tents. ¹⁶Then all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them. So the people responded to the king with this word, saying,"What portion do we have in David?We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;To your tents, O Israel!Now see to your own house, David!"So Israel went to their tents.

Bible Verse Review
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Deuteronomy 33:1, 2 Kings 4:16, 2 Kings 4:22, 2 Kings 4:25, 2 Kings 4:27, 1 Timothy 6:11

Shemaiah: 2 Chronicles 11:2, 2 Chronicles 12:5, 2 Chronicles 12:7

the man: 1 Kings 13:1, 1 Kings 13:4, 1 Kings 13:5, 1 Kings 13:11, 1 Kings 17:18, 1 Kings 17:24

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 12:15 - Shemaiah Jeremiah 35:4 - a man

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God,.... A prophet in those days, see 2 Chronicles 12:15 and the word that came to him, as in the Targum, is called the word of prophecy:

saying; as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shemaiah was the chief prophet in Judah during the reign of Rehoboam, as Ahijah was in Israel. See the marginal references.