1 Kings 11:29-31

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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.

³⁰ And Ahias taking his new garment, wherewith he was clad, divided it into twelve parts:

³¹ And he said to Jeroboam: Take to 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 thee ten tribes.