Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 12:15
The cause was from the Lord - God left him to himself, and did not incline his heart to follow the counsel of the wise men. This is making the best of our present version; but if we come to inquire into the meaning of the Cause of all this confusion and anarchy, we shall find it was Rehoboam's folly, cruelty, and despotic tyranny: and was this from the Lord? But does the text speak this bad doctrine? No: it says סבה sibbah , the Revolution, was from the Lord. This is consistent... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 12:20
And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again ,.... Out of Egypt; the chief men knew of it before, for he had headed them in their approach and address to Rehoboam; but the people in common had not, and especially those of the various tribes besides that of Ephraim: that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel ; they sent for him from his tent or house, which probably was in Shechem, and gave him an invitation to come to... read more