2 Chronicles 10:15
in 2 Chronicles 10So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was brought about of God, that Jehovah might establish his word, which he spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
KJV
So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the Lord might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 10
Commentary
5 notes on this verseHis counsel was thereby fulfilled. With him are strength and wisdom; both the deceived and the deceiver (the fool and the knave) are his ( Job xii. 16 ), that is, are made use of by him to suit his purposes.
This site's exposition
for the cause was of God
Here Chronicles states outright what Samuel and Kings leave the reader to infer from the narrative alone: the king hearkened not unto the people, for the cause was of God, that the Lord might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite. That word is the prophecy of 1 Ki 11:29-39, the torn garment and the ten pieces, spoken years before Rehoboam ever opened his mouth to the assembly. Rehoboam's folly and the young men's flattery remain real causes at the human level, and Henry reads the verse as showing that with him are strength and wisdom, both the deceived and the deceiver made use of to serve his purposes, without either cause dissolving the other.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
When Solomon's iniquity is remembered, and for it his son loses ten tribes, David's piety is not forgotten, nor the promise made to him; but for the sake of that his grandson had two tribes preserved to him. The failings of the saints shall not frustrate any promise made to Christ their Head. They shall be chastised, but the covenant not broken, Ps. lxxxix.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the king hearkened not unto the people, for the cause was of God--Rehoboam, in following an evil counsel, and the Hebrew people, in making a revolutionary movement, each acted as free agents, obeying their own will and passions.
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For the cause was of God - “For there was an occasion Divinely given.” - Targum.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Each man to your homes, O Israel This refers back to, “What share do we have in David?” Why should we leave our homes and follow him? Not so, but all Israel, return each man to his home.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שָׁמַ֥ע | shama' | he listened | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָעָ֑ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הָיְתָ֤ה | hayetah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| נְסִבָּה֙ | nesibah | a turn | H5252 → | |
| מֵעִ֣ם | meim | from with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לְמַעַן֩ | lemaan | so as | H4616 → | 272 times |
| הָקִ֨ים | hakim | to establish | H6965 → | 628 times |
| יְהוָ֜ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דְּבָר֗וֹ | devaro | word his | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּר֙ | diber | he had spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| בְּיַד֙ | beyad | by [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֲחִיָּ֣הוּ | ʾachiyahu | Ahijah | H281 → | |
| הַשִּֽׁלוֹנִ֔י | hashiloni | the Shilonite | H7888 → | |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יָרָבְעָ֖ם | yaraveam | Jeroboam | H3379 → | 104 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נְבָֽט׃ | nevat | Nebat | H5028 → | 25 times |
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
שָׁמַ֥עhe listened
shama'H8085 →1159 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָעָ֑םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
הָיְתָ֤הit was
hayetahH1961 →3559 times
נְסִבָּה֙a turn
nesibahH5252 →
מֵעִ֣םfrom with
meimH5973 →1050 times
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
לְמַעַן֩so as
lemaanH4616 →272 times
הָקִ֨יםto establish
hakimH6965 →628 times
יְהוָ֜הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דְּבָר֗וֹword his
devaroH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּר֙he had spoken
diberH1696 →1141 times
בְּיַד֙by [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
אֲחִיָּ֣הוּAhijah
ʾachiyahuH281 →
הַשִּֽׁלוֹנִ֔יthe Shilonite
hashiloniH7888 →
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יָרָבְעָ֖םJeroboam
yaraveamH3379 →104 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
נְבָֽט׃Nebat
nevatH5028 →25 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 2:23He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
it leads to
- Acts 4:28
They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
- Genesis 50:20
As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
- Luke 22:22
Indeed, the Son of Man will go as it has been determined, but woe to that man who betrays Him.”
- Acts 3:18
But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
- Isaiah 46:10–11
I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
- Acts 4:28
Through
1 Samuel 2:25If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since…
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:26
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
- 1 Samuel 3:14
Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”
- Numbers 15:30
But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.
- Hebrews 10:26
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.