KJV King James Version
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 had clad himself with a new garment; and they two [were] alone in the field:
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1 Kings 11:29
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 had clad himself with a new garment; and they two [were] alone in the field:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.
WEB World English Bible
It happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.
ASV American Standard Version
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; now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Jeroboam hath gone out from Jerusalem, and Ahijah the Shilonite, the prophet, findeth him in the way, and he is covering himself with a new garment; and both of them are by themselves in a field,
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 11
26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name [was] Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up [his] hand against the king.
27 And this [was] the cause that he lifted up [his] hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, [and] repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
28 And the man Jeroboam [was] a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
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 had clad himself with a new garment; and they 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 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 ten tribes to thee:
32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
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וַֽיְהִי֙H1961 · ha.yahto beבָּעֵ֣תH6256 · ettimeהַהִ֔יאH1931 · huhe/she/itוְיָֽרָבְעָ֖םH3379 · ya.rov.amJeroboamיָצָ֣אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeמִירוּשָׁלִָ֑םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemוַיִּמְצָ֣אH4672 · ma.tsato findאֹת֡וֹH853 · et[Obj.]אֲחִיָּה֩H281 · a.chiy.yahAhijahהַשִּׁילֹנִ֨יH7888 · shi.lo.niShiloniteהַנָּבִ֜יאH5030 · na.viprophetבַּדֶּ֗רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductוְה֤וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itמִתְכַּסֶּה֙H3680 · ka.sahto coverבְּשַׂלְמָ֣הH8008 · sal.mahgarmentחֲדָשָׁ֔הH2319 · cha.dashNew (Gate)וּשְׁנֵיהֶ֥םH8147 · she.na.yimtwoלְבַדָּ֖םH905 · badalone: poleבַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃H7704 · sa.daySirion
Cross-references
1 Kings 12:15Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.1 Kings 14:2And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there [is] Ahijah the prophet, which told me that [I should be] king over this people.2 Chronicles 9:29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, [are] they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?Joshua 18:1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.2 Samuel 14:6And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and [there was] none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.Genesis 4:8And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
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