1 Kings 11:27-29

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁷ And this is the cause of his rebellion against him, for Solomon built Mello, and filled up the breach of the city of David his father.

²⁸ And Jeroboam was a valiant and mighty man: and Solomon seeing him a young man ingenious and industrious, made him chief over the tributes of all the house of Joseph.

²⁹ So it came to paste at that time, that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, and the prophet Ahias the Silonite, clad with a new garment, found him in the way: and they two were alone in the held.