1 KINGS 14:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?”
So when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, 'They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak — Divine mercy follows repentance. The phrase וַיִּשְׁמַע יְהוָה (the LORD heard) shows God's responsiveness to genuine humility. The phrase הִנְנִי מַנִּיל אוֹתָם לְהִנָּחַם (I will grant them some deliverance) indicates partial relief: not complete salvation but enough to prevent total annihilation. Jerusalem itself will be spared.
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