Study it in the app“‘Thus says YHWH: You shall not go up and you shall not fight against your brothers, the sons of Israel. Return, each one to his house, for this thing has come about from me.’” So they listened to the word of YHWH, and turned back to go home, according to the word of YHWH.”
‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהYou shall notלֹאgo upתַעֲלוּand you shall notוְלֹאfightתִלָּחֲמוּןagainstעִםyour brothers,אֲחֵיכֶםthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵלReturn,שׁוּבוּeach oneאִישׁto his house,לְבֵיתוֹforכִּיthisהַזֶּהthingהַדָּבָרhas come aboutנִהְיָהfrom me.’”מֵאִתִּיSo they listened toוַיִּשְׁמְעוּthe wordדְּבַרof YHWH,יְהוָהand turned backוַיָּשֻׁבוּto go home,לָלֶכֶתaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof YHWH.יְהוָה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “taalu” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “tilachamu” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuvu” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearshappen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “nihya” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “yishmu” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechet” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Shemaiah stops the war
1 Kings 12:21-24
21Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon. 22But the word of Elohim came to Shemaiah, the man of Elohim, saying, 23“Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying, 24‘Thus says YHWH: You shall not go up and you shall not fight against your brothers, the sons of Israel. Return, each one to his house, for this thing has come about from me.’” So they listened to the word of YHWH, and turned back to go home, according to the word of YHWH.
1Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam. 2But the word of YHWH came to Shemaiah, the man of Elohim, saying, 3“Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 4‘Thus says YHWH: You shall not go up and you shall not fight against your brothers. Return, each one to his house, for this thing has come about from me.’” So they listened to the words of YHWH, and turned back from going against Jeroboam.
23“Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,
24 · This verse (above)
25Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there and built Penuel.
