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30 Ahijah grabbed the new cloak that he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces! 31 Then he told Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, because this is what the Lord God of Israel says:

‘Pay attention! I’m going to tear the kingdom out of Solomon’s control[a] and give you ten tribes. 32 I’ll leave him one tribe for the sake of my servant David and one tribe[b] for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I chose from all of the tribes of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:31 Lit. hand
  2. 1 Kings 11:32 The Heb. lacks one tribe