# So the king did not listen to the people "So the king did not do what the people had asked him to do" # it was a turn in events brought about by God "God caused things to happen like this" # that Yahweh might carry out his word ... Nebat "that Yahweh might do according to the message that he told Ahijah the Shilonite to tell Jeroboam son of Nebat" # his word that Ahijah the Shilonite had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat This refers to the message that God gave Ahijah to tell Jeroboam. # Ahijah the Shilonite ... Jeroboam son of Nebat See how you translated these names in 2 Chronicles 9:29.