2 Chronicles 10:15

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.

Cross-reference

2 Chronicles 11:4 confirms that the division is from God, echoing the divine orchestration stated here and forbidding Rehoboam to fight.

Deuteronomy 2:30 shows God hardening Sihon's heart to deliver him into Israel's hands — the same pattern of God turning a king's refusal to fulfill His purpose.

Judges 14:4 Parallel

Judges 14:4 reveals Samson's marriage was from the Lord to provoke conflict — God orchestrating human choices for His plan, just as here.

1 Samuel 2:25 states Eli's sons would not listen because the Lord willed their death — a parallel of God causing refusal to fulfill judgment.

1 Kings 11:29–39 Prophetic fulfillment

1 Kings 11:29-39 contains the original prophecy by Ahijah that this verse says is being fulfilled—the division of the kingdom.

1 Kings 11:31 Prophetic fulfillment

1 Kings 11:31 records Ahijah's symbolic tearing of the garment, directly representing the kingdom division that this verse says is fulfilled.

1 Kings 12:15 is the parallel account of the same event — the turn of affairs brought about by the Lord to fulfill Ahijah's prophecy.

1 Kings 12:24 Historical context

1 Kings 12:24 confirms the split was 'from me' — directly continuing the narrative and reinforcing that God caused the rebellion.

1 Kings 22:20 depicts God sending a lying spirit to entice Ahab — another sovereign manipulation to bring about judgment.

Isaiah 19:14 describes God mingling a spirit of confusion in Egypt — a similar divine causation of disarray to accomplish His purpose.

Acts 2:23 Parallel

Acts 2:23 speaks of Jesus delivered up by God's definite plan — the same theme of God ordaining human rebellion to fulfill His will.

Acts 4:28 Parallel

Acts 4:28 shows the same divine sovereignty: as God turned events to fulfill Ahijah's word, so he predestined Christ's crucifixion.

1 Kings 11:35 Prophetic fulfillment

1 Kings 11:35 is Ahijah's promise to give ten tribes to Jeroboam—the very word that this verse says is now being fulfilled.

2 Kings 17:21 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Kings 17:21 directly refers to the tearing of the kingdom from David and Jeroboam's kingship, the very result of the divine turn described here.

Judges 9:23 Parallel

Judges 9:23 describes God sending an evil spirit to cause strife, paralleling God's turning of Rehoboam's heart to bring about division.