1 Kings 12:15
So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the Lord, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying, which the Lord spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about from the Lord, that he might establish his word, which the Lord spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was a thing brought about of Jehovah, that he might establish his word, which Jehovah spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the cause
- The cause of all this confusion and anarchy was Rehoboam's folly, cruelty, and despotic tyranny, and this was certainly not "from the Lord," nor does the original text speak this doctrine. See an elucidation of a similar passage at 2 Sa 24:1. It says, {sibbah,} (from {savav,} to turn, change,) "the change or Revolution was from the Lord;" which is consistent with all the preceding declarations. God stirred up the people to revolt from a man who had neither skill nor humanity to govern them. God serves his own wise and righteous purpose by the imprudences and iniquities of men, and snares sinners in the work of their own hands. "He maketh the wrath of man to praise him."
- 1 Kings 12:24; 1 Kings 22:23; Deuteronomy 2:30; Judges 14:4; 2 Chronicles 10:15; 2 Chronicles 22:7; 2 Chronicles 25:16, 20; Psalm 5:10; Amos 3:6; Acts 2:23; Acts 4:28
- that he might
- 1 Kings 11:11, 29–38; 1 Samuel 15:29; 2 Samuel 17:14; 2 Kings 9:36; 2 Kings 10:10; Isaiah 14:13–17; Isaiah 46:10, 11; Daniel 4:35; John 19:23, 24, 28, 29, 32–37; Acts 3:17; Acts 13:27–29