◄ 1 Kings 12:22 ►
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Good News Translation
But God told the prophet Shemaiah

New Revised Standard Version
But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:

Contemporary English Version
Meanwhile, God told Shemaiah the prophet

New American Bible
However, the word of God came to Shemaiah, a man of God:

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the word of the Lord came to Semeias, the man of God, saying:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But the word of the Lord came to Semeias, the man of God, saying:

Shemaiah

2 Chronicles 11:2 And the word of the Lord came to Semeias the man of God, saying:

2 Chronicles 12:5,7 And Semeias the prophet came to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda, that were gathered together in Jerusalem, fleeing from Sesac, and he said to them: Thus saith the Lord: You have left me, and I have left you in the hand of Sesac. . . .

the man

1 Kings 13:1,4,5,11 And behold there came a man of God out of Juda, by the word of the Lord, to Bethel, when Jeroboam was standing upon the altar, and burning incense. . . .

1 Kings 17:18,24 And she said to Elias: What have I to do with thee, thou man of God? art thou come to me, that my iniquities should be remembered, and that thou shouldst kill my son? . . .

Deuteronomy 33:1 This is the blessing, wherewith the man of God, Moses, blessed the children of Israel, before his death.

2 Kings 4:16,22,25,27 He said to her: At this time, and this same hour, if life be in company, thou shalt have a son in thy womb. But she answered: Do not, I beseech thee, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie to thy handmaid. . . .

1 Timothy 6:11 But thou, O man of God, fly these things: and pursue justice, godliness, faith, charity, patience, mildness.

Context
Shemaiah's Prophecy
…21And Roboam came to Jerusalem, and gathered together all the house of Juda, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred fourscore thousand chosen men for war, to fight against the house of Israel, and to bring the kingdom again under Roboam, the son of Solomon. 22But the word of the Lord came to Semeias, the man of God, saying:23Speak to Roboam, the son of Solomon, the king of Juda, and to all the house of Juda, and Benjamin, and the rest of the people, saying:…
Cross References
1 Kings 13:1
And behold there came a man of God out of Juda, by the word of the Lord, to Bethel, when Jeroboam was standing upon the altar, and burning incense.

1 Kings 17:18
And she said to Elias: What have I to do with thee, thou man of God? art thou come to me, that my iniquities should be remembered, and that thou shouldst kill my son?

2 Kings 4:7
And she came, and told the man of God. And he said: Go, sell the oil, and pay thy creditor: and thou and thy sons live of the rest.

2 Kings 5:8
And when Eliseus, the man of God, had heard this, to wit, that the king of Israel had rent his garments, he sent to him, saying: Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.

2 Chronicles 11:2
And the word of the Lord came to Semeias the man of God, saying:

2 Chronicles 12:5
And Semeias the prophet came to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda, that were gathered together in Jerusalem, fleeing from Sesac, and he said to them: Thus saith the Lord: You have left me, and I have left you in the hand of Sesac.

Jeremiah 35:4
And I brought them into the house of the Lord, to the treasure house of the sons of Hanan, the son of Jegedelias the man of God, which was by the treasure house of the princes, above the treasure of Maasias the son of Sellum, who was keeper of the entry.

1 Kings 12:21
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