‘The LORD says, “You shall not go up or fight against your brothers, the children of Israel. Everyone return to his house; for this thing is from me.”’” So they listened to the LORD’s word, and returned and went their way, according to the LORD’s word.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 24. Them. This shews the great authority of Semeias. He wrote the history of Roboam. 2 Chronicles 12:15. He also foretold the irruption of Sesac, to punish the house of Israel; but not to destroy it. Calmet.—The obedience of Roboam deserves applause; though it would have been a vain attempt to resist God, who was resolved to punish his family. Menochius.—God must have touched the hearts of the leaders, to convince them that he spoke by the mouth of Semeias. Salien.—The Vat. Septuagint here subjoins almost the whole history of Jeroboam, improperly. Bible. See Calmet. 14.