29. And it came to pass at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah, the Shilonite, found him in the way; and he was covered with a new garment; and the two were alone in the field.
30. And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him and rent it in twelve pieces;
31. and he said to Jeroboam, Take ten pieces for thyself, for thus hath said the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to thee;
32. and he shall have one tribe for my slave David’s sake and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel
33. because they have forsaken me and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh, the god of the Moabites, and Milcom, the god of the sons of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes and to keep my statutes and my rights, as did David his father.
34. But I will not take any of his kingdom out of his hand, for I will make him prince all the days of his life for David, my slave’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
35. But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.