1 Kings 12:15 meaning and explanation

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.

1 Kings 12:15, Berean Standard Bible

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Rehoboam has just rejected the elders' counsel and threatened the people with a heavier yoke than Solomon's. The narrator, looking back on the whole scene, says the king's refusal to listen was from the LORD.

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