30Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.


In Context

27 This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.

28 The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

29 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.

30 Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.

31 He said to Jeroboam, |Take ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you

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);

1 Kings 11:30 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:30and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:30And Ahijah caught the new garment that [was] on him, and rent it [in] twelve pieces:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:30And Ahias taking his new garment, wherewith he was clad, divided it into twelve parts:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:30And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:30Then Ahijah seized the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:30And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:30And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:30and Ahijah layeth hold on the new garment that is on him, and rendeth it — twelve pieces,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:30And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: