World English Bible
"Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces."
— 1 Kings 11:30, World English Bible
“And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:”
“And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces. ”
“and he grabbed the robe and tore it into twelve pieces.”
“And Ahias taking his new garment, wherewith he was clad, divided it into twelve parts:”
“And Ahijah took his new robe in his hands, parting it violently into twelve.”
“And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:”
This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.
The 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.
It happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; now [Ahijah] had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.
Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
He said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you
(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);
because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon. They have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did.