2 Chronicles 11:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֡ה לֹא־תַעֲלוּ֩ וְלֹא־תִלָּ֨חֲמ֜וּ עִם־אֲחֵיכֶ֗ם שׁ֚וּבוּ אִ֣ישׁ לְבֵית֔וֹ כִּ֧י מֵֽאִתִּ֛י נִהְיָ֖ה הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ מִלֶּ֥כֶת אֶל־יָרָבְעָֽם׃ פ

Transliteration

Thus kōh ʾāmar Yahweh not-ta'ălû and not-tillāḥămû with-ʾăḥêḵem shûḇû ʾîsh to ḇêtô for from mēʾittî nihyāh haddāḇār hazzeh and wayyishməʿû ʾēt-words of Yahweh and wayyāshuḇû from milleket to-yārāḇə'ām

Grammar Details

• *kōh*: adverb - thus, so
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *Yahweh*: proper noun, divine name - YHWH, the LORD
• *ta'ălû*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall go up
• *tillāḥămû*: niphal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall fight
• *ʾăḥêḵem*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your brothers
• *shûḇû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - return
• *ʾîsh*: noun, masculine singular - each man
• *ḇêtô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his house
• *mēʾittî*: preposition + 1st common singular suffix - from me
• *nihyāh*: niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it has happened, come about
• *haddāḇār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the word, thing, matter
• *hazzeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun - this
• *wayyishməʿû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd common plural - and they heard
• *wayyāshuḇû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd common plural - and they returned
• *milleket*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - from going
• *yārāḇə'ām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jeroboam

Word Meanings

• *nihyāh*: has been done, has come to pass, has happened
• *haddāḇār hazzeh*: this matter, this thing, this situation
• *milleket*: from going, from marching, from proceeding

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 10:15-16 : 15 So the king did not give ear to the people; for this came about by the purpose of God, so that the Lord might give effect to his word which he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. 16 And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.
• 2 Chr 25:7-9 : 7 But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with you; for the Lord is not with Israel, that is, the children of Ephraim. 8 But go yourself, and be strong in war; God will not let you go down before those who are fighting against you; for God has power to give help or to send you down before your attackers. 9 Then Amaziah said to the man of God, But what is to be done about the hundred talents which I have given for the armed band of Israel? And the man of God in answer said, God is able to give you much more than this. 10 So Amaziah, separating the armed band which had come to him from Ephraim, sent them back again; which made them very angry with Judah, and they went back burning with wrath.
• 2 Chr 28:8-9 : 8 And the children of Israel took away as prisoners from their brothers, two hundred thousand, women and sons and daughters, and a great store of their goods, and took them to Samaria. 9 But a prophet of the Lord was there, named Oded; and he went out in front of the army which was coming into Samaria and said to them, Truly, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he gave them up into your hands, and you have put them to death in an outburst of wrath stretching up to heaven. 10 And now your purpose is to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as men-servants and women-servants under your yoke: but are there no sins against the Lord your God to be seen among yourselves? 11 And now give ear to me, and send back the prisoners whom you have taken from your brothers: for the wrath of the Lord is burning against you. 12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah, the son of Johanan, Berechiah, the son of Meshillemoth Jehizkiah, the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, put themselves against those who had come from the war, 13 And said to them, You are not to let these prisoners come here; for what you are designing to do will be a cause of sin against the Lord to us, making even greater our sin and our wrongdoing, which now are great enough, and his wrath is burning against Israel. 14 So the armed men gave up the prisoners and the goods they had taken to the heads and the meeting of the people. 15 And those men who have been named went up and took the prisoners, clothing those among them who were uncovered, with things from the goods which had been taken in the war, and putting robes on them and shoes on their feet; and they gave them food and drink and oil for their bodies, and seating all the feeble among them on asses, they took them to Jericho, the town of palm-trees, to their people, and then went back to Samaria.
• Gen 50:20 : 20 As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.
• 1 Kgs 11:29-38 : 29 Now at that time, when Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite came across him on the road; now Ahijah had put on a new robe; and the two of them were by themselves in the open country. 30 And Ahijah took his new robe in his hands, parting it violently into twelve. 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take ten of the parts, for this is what the Lord has said: See, I will take the kingdom away from Solomon by force, and will give ten tribes to you; 32 (But one tribe will be his, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town which, out of all the tribes of Israel, I have made mine,) 33 Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; they have not been walking in my ways or doing what is right in my eyes or keeping my laws and my decisions as his father David did. 34 But I will not take the kingdom from him; I will let him be king all the days of his life, because of David my servant, in whom I took delight because he kept my orders and my laws. 35 But I will take the kingdom from his son, and give it to you. 36 And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there. 37 And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul. 38 And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.
• 1 Kgs 22:36 : 36 And about sundown a cry went up from all parts of the army, saying, Let every man go back to his town and his country, for the king is dead.
• 2 Sam 2:26 : 26 Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen?
• Gen 13:8 : 8 Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.
• Ps 33:11 : 11 The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.
• Hos 8:4 : 4 They have put up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, but I had no knowledge of it; they have made images of silver and gold, so that they may be cut off.
• Acts 7:26 : 26 And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?
• 1 Cor 6:5-8 : 5 I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers? 6 But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges. 7 More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss? 8 So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.
• Heb 13:1 : 1 Go on loving your brothers in the faith.
• 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:
• 1 John 3:11-13 : 11 Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another; 12 Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good. 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.