And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
The declaration belongs to Ahijah's prophecy concerning the consequences of Israel's apostasy. The affliction threatened against the seed of David came because of Solomon's unfaithfulness. That affliction would bring division to the kingdom, yet David's line would not be permanently cut off, for the chastening would not last forever. At the same time Israel itself would be struck, uprooted from the land, and scattered because of idolatry and the sins Jeroboam led the people to commit. This was fulfilled in the later history of Israel and Judah, when Jeroboam's apostasy brought ruin upon his own house and upon the northern kingdom.
The declaration belongs to Ahijah's prophecy concerning the consequences of Israel's apostasy. The affliction threatened against the seed of David came because of Solomon's unfaithfulness. That affliction would bring division to the kingdom, yet David's line would not be permanently cut off, for the chastening would not last forever. At the same time Israel itself would be struck, uprooted from the land, and scattered because of idolatry and the sins Jeroboam led the people to commit. This was fulfilled in the later history of Israel and Judah, when Jeroboam's apostasy brought ruin upon his own house and upon the northern kingdom.