2 Chronicles 11:4

Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
saith	אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֡ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
up	תַעֲלוּ֩ ta.'a.Lu	H5927	to ascend · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
fight	תִלָּ֨חֲמ֜וּ ti.La.cha.Mu	H3898	to feed on · verb, niphal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
brethren	אֲחֵיכֶ֗ם 'a.chei.Khem	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
return	שׁ֚וּבוּ Shu.vu	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
man	אִ֣ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
house	לְבֵית֔וֹ le.vei.To	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
thing	הַדָּבָ֣ר ha.da.Var	H1697	a word · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
done	נִהְיָ֖ה nih.Yah	H1961	to exist · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
obeyed	וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ vai.yish.me.'U	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
words	דִּבְרֵ֣י div.Rei	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine plural construct
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
returned	וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ vai.ya.Shu.vu	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
going	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
Jeroboam	יָרָבְעָֽם ya.ra.ve.'Am	H3379	Jarobam · proper noun, a man's name

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Cross-references

Genesis 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
1 Kings 11:29-38 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had…
2 Chronicles 10:15-16 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahi…
2 Chronicles 25:7-10 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with a…
2 Chronicles 28:8-15 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much…
Genesis 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethre…
2 Samuel 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how lon…
1 Kings 22:36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own c…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 11:1-12

How the ten tribes deserted the house of David we read in the foregoing chapter. They had formerly sat loose to that family (Sa2 20:1, Sa2 20:2), and now they quite threw it off, not considering how much it would weaken the common interest and take Israel down from that pitch of glory at which it had arrived in the last reign. But thus the kingdom must be corrected as well as the house of David. 1. Rehoboam at length, like a bold man, raises an army, with a design to reduce the revolters, Ch2 11:1. Judah and Benjamin were not only resolved to continue their allegiance to him, but ready to give him the best assistance they could for the recovery of his right. Judah was his own tribe, that own…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 11:1

Gathered of the house of Judah - See this account Kg1 12:21-24 (note), and the notes there.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 11:1

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem,.... After he had been at Shechem, and had given his answer to the request of the men of Israel, upon which they revolted from him: this and the three following verses are the same with 1 Kings 12:21. See Gill on 1 Kings 12:21.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 11:1-4

Shemaiah’s prophetic intervention averted immediate civil war among Israel’s tribes, but the summary of Rehoboam characterizes his reign as one of continual warfare with Jeroboam (12:15). Civil war characterized the first fifty years of the divided kingdom, until the time of Omri.

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 11:4

with your brothers Are they not your brothers, the sons of one man?

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Dictionary and topics

Rehoboam — He enlarges the people, the successor of Solomon on the throne, and apparently his only son. He was the son of Naamah “the Ammonitess,” some well-known Ammonitish princess (1 Kings 14:21; 2 Chr.…
Jeroboam · .His wars with Rehoboam — .His wars with Rehoboam
Rehoboam · from — from
Shemaiah · .Prevents Rehoboam from war with — .Prevents Rehoboam from war with
War · Forbid — Forbid

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).