22 But the word of God came to (A)Shemaiah the man of God: 23 “Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the (B)rest of the people, 24 ‘Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up or fight against your relatives the people of Israel. Every man return to his home, (C)for this thing is from me.’” So they listened to the word of the Lord and went home again, according to the word of the Lord.

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