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Shemaiah was the chief prophet in Judah during the reign of Rehoboam, as Ahijah was in Israel. See the marginal references.
But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the (i) man of God, saying,
(i) That is, the Prophet.
But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God,.... A prophet in those days, see 2-Chronicles 12:15 and the word that came to him, as in the Targum, is called the word of prophecy:
saying; as follows.
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