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.
Ver. 15. For the cause.] Heb., Circuit or turning about; for here was a "wheel within a wheel," as Ezekiel 1:16 .
Was from the Lord.] Who useth to order the disorders of the world to his own purposes: as having an overruling providence, and a powerful hand in all occurrents.