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1 Kings 11:30

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Ahijah took the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.

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1 Kings 11:30 in other translations

And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.

1 Kings 11:30 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 11:30 in context

  1. 28The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.
  2. 29At that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the way. Now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and the two of them were alone in the field.
  3. 30Ahijah took the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
  4. 31He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you
  5. 32(but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);