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1 Kings 11:30

Ahijah

28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:

And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:

31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:

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:)

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BSB
And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,
KJV
And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
WEB
Ahijah took the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
ASV
And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.
DARBY
Then Ahijah seized the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces;
BLB
And Ahijah took hold of the new garment that [was] on him and tore it [into] twelve pieces.
ÅB
Da tok Akia den nye kappe han hadde på, og rev den i tolv stykker.
OTB
Da tok Ahia tak i den nye kappen han hadde på seg og rev den i tolv stykker.
B1930
Da tok Akia den nye kappe han hadde på, og rev den i tolv stykker.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 15:27–28

    And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

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  • 1 Samuel 24:4–5

    And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe privily.

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