Wise elders and proud young men

2 Chronicles 10:1-19
But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him. Those young men and Rehoboam were proud and spoke boast and cruelly.
So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David this day.
In Chroniclers does not recognize the kings of Israel. Only David's descendants re the nation's true kings. From the time of the split he therefore largely ignores the northern kingdom, and frequently refers to Judah's 'Israel'. Even so, the ten tribes are still considered part of the Israelite nation, and contain elements which continue loyal to God and to the rightful king.
Rehoboam inherits from Solomon a wealthy kingdom beginning to how signs of weakness. By the time of his death only a fraction of that land and income are left to be handed down to his successor.
Why?
This is why: one of many places in the Old Testament where an event is attributed directly to God without reference to human freedom of choice.
Young men have more new mind and usually against the tradition. But about the management and social experience young men need listen to the elder men.
When a king turn way from the Lord, God will make some other one to be the new king to replace him.
How?
No one and his inheritance always can be the king, no one can be stand firm forever if he does not follow the decrees of the Lord.