1 Kings 11:29-33

11:29 At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah ¹  was wearing a brand new robe, 11:30 and he grabbed the robe ²  and tore it into twelve pieces. 11:31 Then he told Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you. 11:32 He will retain one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. 11:33 I am taking the kingdom from him ³  because they have ⁴  abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions ⁵  by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did. ⁶ 

¹ tn The Hebrew text has simply “he,” making it a bit unclear whether Jeroboam or Ahijah is the subject, but in the Hebrew word order Ahijah is the nearer antecedent, and this is followed by the present translation.

² tn Heb “and Ahijah grabbed the new robe that was on him.”

³ tn The words “I am taking the kingdom from him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁴ tc This is the reading of the MT; the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate read “he has.”

⁵ tn Heb “walked in my ways.”

⁶ tn Heb “by doing what is right in my eyes, my rules and my regulations, like David his father.”