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So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was brought about by God, that the LORD might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 15. Will of God: not that the king should act foolishly, or the people rebel, but to effect what he had promised. Bible.—Syriac has well expressed the sense: “because this rebellion happened by the divine permission, that they might behold the truth of the prediction of Ahias;” ( Calmet.) and that the fault of Solomon might be punished. D.
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