1 Kings 12:15
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.
Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people,.... To lessen their taxes, and ease them of their burdens, as they desired:
for the cause was from the LORD; it was according to his will and appointment; the defection of the people was willed by the Lord, and various things in Providence turned up to alienate their minds from Rehoboam, and dispose them to a revolt from him in favour of Jeroboam; and the Lord suffered the counsellors of Rehoboam to give him the advice they did, and gave him up to the folly of his own heart to take it:
that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake to Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat; see 1 Kings 11:29.