2 Chronicles 11:4 “that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight again…”

2 Chronicles 11:4

that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

‘The LORD says, “You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers! Every man return to his house; for this thing is of me.”’” So they listened to the LORD’s words, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

American Standard Version

Thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the words of Jehovah, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus sayth the Lord, Ye shall not goe vp, nor fight against your brethren: returne euery man to his house: for this thing is done of me. They obeyed therfore the word of the Lord, and returned from going against Ieroboam.

Darby Translation

Thus saith Jehovah: Go not up, nor fight with your brethren; return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. And they hearkened to the words of Jehovah, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

Young's Literal Translation

Thus said Jehovah, Ye do not go up nor fight with your brethren, turn back each to his house, for from Me hath this thing been;' and they hear the words of Jehovah, and turn back from going against Jeroboam.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.

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Cross references

“against”

Genesis 13:8 2 Samuel 2:26 Acts 7:26 1 Corinthians 6:5–8 Hebrews 13:1 1 Peter 3:8

Genesis 13:8 · BSB

So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen.

2 Samuel 2:26 · BSB

Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”

Acts 7:26 · BSB

The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’

1 Corinthians 6:5–8 · BSB

I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?

Hebrews 13:1 · BSB

Continue in brotherly love.

1 Peter 3:8 · BSB

Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.

“return”

1 Kings 22:36 2 Chronicles 10:16

1 Kings 22:36 · BSB

As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”

2 Chronicles 10:16 · BSB

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O…

“for this thing”

Genesis 50:20 1 Kings 11:29–38 Psalm 33:11 Hosea 8:4 2 Chronicles 10:15

Genesis 50:20 · BSB

As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

1 Kings 11:29–38 · BSB

During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.

Psalm 33:11 · BSB

The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.

Hosea 8:4 · BSB

They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.

2 Chronicles 10:15 · BSB

So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

“they obeyed”

2 Chronicles 25:7–10 2 Chronicles 28:9–15

2 Chronicles 25:7–10 · BSB

But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the Ephraimites.

2 Chronicles 28:9–15 · BSB

But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered th…

Also

2 Chronicles 28:8–15

2 Chronicles 28:8–15 · BSB

Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin

5Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.

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