◄ 1 Kings 11:30 ►
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Good News Translation
Ahijah took off the new robe he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,

New Revised Standard Version
when Ahijah laid hold of the new garment he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.

New American Bible
Ahijah took off his new cloak, tore it into twelve pieces,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Ahias taking his new garment, wherewith he was clad, divided it into twelve parts:

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

rent it

1 Samuel 15:27,28 And Samuel turned about to go away: but he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. . . .

1 Samuel 24:4,5 And the servants of David said to him: Behold the day, of which the Lord said to thee: I will deliver thy enemy unto thee, that thou mayst do to him as it shall seem good in thy eyes. Then David arose, and secretly cut off the hem of Saul's robe. . . .

Context
Jeroboam's Rebellion
…29So it came to pass 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 field. 30And Ahias taking his new garment, wherewith he was clad, divided it into twelve parts:31And 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.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:27
And Samuel turned about to go away: but he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

1 Samuel 15:28
And Samuel said to him: The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to thy neighbour who is better than thee.

2 Samuel 19:43
And the men of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said: I have ten parts in the king more than thou, and David belongeth to me more than to thee: why hast thou done me a wrong, and why was it not told me first, that I might bring back my king? And the men of Juda answered more harshly than the men of Israel.

1 Kings 11:29
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