Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 11:3
“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord speaks through the prophet Shemaiah to relay a direct command to Rehoboam, king of Judah, and the Israelites residing in Judah and Benjamin. This occurs immediately after the northern tribes' revolt and before Judah's planned military response.
The words — אֱמֹ֕ר ('e.Mor) = say [H559] and אֶל\־ ('el-) = to [H413] frame the prophetic commission, establishing the imperative delivery of the divine message to a specific royal and regional audience.
The thread — The prophetic relay pattern appears in 2 Chronicles 11:2, where the Lord's word initiates the directive, and concludes in 2 Chronicles 11:4, where the full command to halt hostilities is recorded. The structural formula of receiving a divine utterance and transmitting it to a ruling figure recurs in the historical narratives.
Why it lands — The text places the decision to mobilize or stand down squarely under divine authority rather than human strategy. It requires the reader to recognize that political or military impulses must yield to explicit prophetic instruction when issued.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
Cross-references
- Genesis 49:28 These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
- Exodus 24:4 And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
- 2 Kings 17:34 To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
- Philippians 3:5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
- Revelation 7:4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel: