Note the companionship of those who would be your leaders, and you will know who will be the best in that office. The office will not make a man faithful, but it will make known his moral character and how he is able to face the trials of faith and life. He distributes the responsibility in the latter, shirking his own responsibility in the process. He knows he will hear what he wants to hear from his buddies. When wisdom is bypassed, or even rebuffed, as in this case, then true wisdom, which rests in the fear of the Lord, is replaced by tyrannical rule.
Wisdom comes from elders who are tried in the fire of truth and righteousness.
On the third day Jeroboam and the people assembled together to hear Rehoboam. It was Rehoboam who spurned the plea of the people. Christ came bearing the scepter of David. The unity and greatness of the Kingdom of God are seen in Christ alone.