Text: 2 Chronicles 10:15
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 12:15
Subject: Divine sovereignty behind the kingdom's division
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both 2 Chronicles 10:15 and 1 Kings 12:15 contain the identical theological explanation: "it was a turn of events from God" (nesivvah/sibbah me'im ha-Elohim/YHWH) to fulfill Ahijah the Shilonite's prophecy to Jeroboam. This verse is the interpretive key to the division narrative, asserting that Rehoboam's foolish stubbornness was not mere political miscalculation but divinely orchestrated. Both texts agree that human decisions, even sinful ones, serve God's sovereign purposes announced through His prophets.