1 Kings 12 · Verse 22

1 Kings 12:22

But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
1 Kings 12:22, King James Version

1 Kings 12:22 in other translations

BSBBut the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:
WEBBut the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
ASVBut the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
YLTAnd the word of God is unto Shemaiah a man of God, saying,
DARBYBut the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
BBEBut the word of God came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,
WebsterBut the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

What does 1 Kings 12:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 12:20-24

20-24. when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again--This verse closes the parenthetical narrative begun at 1Ki 12:2, and 1Ki 12:21-24 resume the history from 1Ki 12:1. Rehoboam determined to assert his authority by leading a large force into the disaffected provinces. But the revolt of the ten tribes was completed when the prophet Shemaiah ordered, in the Lord's name, an abandonment of any hostile measures…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 12:16-24

The people speak unbecomingly of David. How soon are good men, and their good services to the public, forgotten ! These considerations should reconcile us to our losses and troubles, that God is the Author of them, and our brethren the instruments: let us not meditate revenge. Rehoboam and his people hearkened to the word of the Lord. When we know God's mind, we must submit, how much soever it crosses our own mind…

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1 Kings 12:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it cameH1961
דְּבַ֣רde.Var[the] word ofH1697
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
אֶל\־'el-toH413
שְׁמַעְיָ֥הshe.ma'.YahShemaiahH8098
אִישׁ\־'ish-[the] man ofH376
הָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
לֵאמֹֽר\׃le.Mor<to> sayingH559

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 12:22

  • 2 Chronicles 11:2

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

  • 2 Chronicles 12:5-7

    Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The Lord is righteous. And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

  • 1 Kings 13:11

    Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth–el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth–el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.

  • 1 Kings 13:1

    And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth–el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

  • 2 Kings 4:22

    And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

  • 1 Timothy 6:11

    But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

  • Deuteronomy 33:1

    And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

  • 1 Kings 17:18

    And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

  • 1 Kings 13:4-5

    And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth–el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.

  • 1 Kings 17:24

    And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.

  • 2 Kings 4:16

    And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

  • 2 Kings 4:27

    And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Shemaiah.
2Ch 11:2; 12:5,7
the man.
13:1,4,5,11; 17:18,24
See on
De 33:1; 2Ki 4:16,22,25,27; 1Ti 6:11

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Context

  • 1 Kings 12:21

    And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

  • 1 Kings 12:22

    But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

  • 1 Kings 12:23

    Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

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1 Kings 12:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas fué palabra de Jehová á Semeías varón de Dios, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et la parole de Dieu vint à Shemahia, homme de Dieu, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da geschah das Wort Gottes zu Schemaja, dem Manne Gottes, also:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Factus est autem sermo Domini ad Semeiam virum Dei, dicens: