1 Kings 12:2

12:2 ¹  When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. ² 

1 Kings 12:15

12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events ³  so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made ⁴  through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

[12:2]  ¹ tc Verse 2 is not included in the Old Greek translation. See the note on 11:43.

[12:2]  ² tn Heb “and Jeroboam lived in Egypt.” The parallel text in 2 Chr 10:2 reads, “and Jeroboam returned from Egypt.” In a purely consonantal text the forms “and he lived” and “and he returned” are identical (וישׁב).

[12:15]  ³ tn Heb “because this turn of events was from the Lord.”

[12:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “so that he might bring to pass his word which the Lord spoke.”