Память святого пророка Самея

The holy prophet of God Samey was born in Shiloh 380 during the reign of Solomon 381. Under the latter's son and successor, Rehoboam 382, ​​the Jewish kingdom was divided, and the tribes of Judah and Benjamin remained loyal to Rehoboam, and the other ten tribes recognized Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, as king. Then Rehoboam gathered a large army, intending to forcefully return under his rule the tribes of Israel that had been torn away by Jeroboam. And there was a revelation from the Lord to Samei the man of God: “Tell Rehoboam, son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the people.” Thus says the Lord: Do not go and make war with your brothers the children of Israel; return every one to his own house, for it was from Me. The king and people obeyed the command of the Lord, and a fratricidal war was prevented (1 Kings 12:21–24; 2 Chronicles 11:1–4). In the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign, because he had departed from the Lord, the kingdom of Judah was invaded by Shusakim 383, king of Egypt; Pharaoh's numerous army took all the Jewish fortresses and approached Jerusalem. Then the prophet Samei came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah, who were fleeing from the enemy within the walls of the capital, and announced to them: “Thus says the Lord: You have forsaken Me, therefore I also leave you into the hands of Susakim.” Hearing this, the king and the leaders of the Jewish people humbled themselves and said: After this, Samei, the man of God, had a new revelation, for the Lord said to him: - They resigned themselves; I will not destroy them and will quickly give them deliverance, and My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shusakim; however, they will be his servants, so that they will know what it is to serve Me and to serve the kingdoms of the earth. The prophetic word was fulfilled. Susakim devastated Jerusalem and went to Egypt, and Rehoboam reigned for another twelve years, and the wrath of the Lord turned away from him (2 Chronicles 12). The holy prophet Samei also kept records of the reign of Rehoboam. Shiloh is a city in the land of the tribe of Ephraim, in Palestine; here stood the tabernacle of meeting, built by Moses. From 1020 to 980 BC. Christ's. Susakim, according to the Egyptian chronicles - Sheshonke, was the first pharaoh of the XXII Bubastid dynasty. You might be interested in: