2 Chronicles 11:4 meaning and explanation
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 word is from Me.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 11:4, Berean Standard Bible
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After Solomon's death the kingdom split, and Rehoboam gathered 180,000 warriors to retake the north by force. God speaks through the prophet Shemaiah, forbidding the campaign and calling the northern tribes "your brothers." The Hebrew word for brothers here carries the sense of kinsmen, not enemies.
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