1 Kings 11:29-31
Read 1 Kings 11 in full →29Now it happened at that time, that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, and athat the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now 1he had covered himself with a new cloak; and both of them were alone in the field. 30Then aAhijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces. 31And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, aI will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes,