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.
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Gill's Exposition
So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them,.... To grant their requests:
the people answered the king, saying, what portion have we in David? or in his posterity, which are not of…
Barnes' Notes
The cause was from the Lord - i. e., “the turn of events was from the Lord.” Human passions, anger, pride, and insolence, worked out the accomplishment of the divine designs. Without interfering with…
Adam Clarke
The cause was from the Lord - God left him to himself, and did not incline his heart to follow the counsel of the wise men. This is making the best of our present version; but if we come to inquire…
Solomon had 1000 wives and concubines, yet we read but of one son he had to bear up his name, and he a fool. It is said (Hos 4:10), They shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase. Sin is a bad way…
Cambridge Bible
Wherefore the king Better, as R.V., - So the king." The original has merely the ordinary copulative ו, and there is no giving of a reason implied, but the summing up of a narrative.
for the cause was…
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