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1 Kings 11:30

Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he had on, tore it into twelve pieces,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahijah;   Backsliders;   Canaan;   Jeroboam;   Parables;   Promotion;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hyke or Upper Garment;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahijah;   Government;   Israel;   Jeroboam;   Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Prophecy, prophet;   Solomon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kings, First and Second, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Solomon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Israel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahiah;   Ahijah;   Divided Kingdom;   High Place;   Jeroboam;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Coat (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahijah ;   Jeroboam (1) ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jeroboam;   Kings;   Solomon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahi'ah;   Jerobo'am;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jeroboam;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahijah;   Jeroboam;   Piece;   Rag;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ahijah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Kings, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Achiyah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
King James Version
And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
English Standard Version
Then Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it into twelve pieces.
New Century Version
Ahijah took his new coat and tore it into twelve pieces.
New English Translation
and he grabbed the robe and tore it into twelve pieces.
Amplified Bible
Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.
New American Standard Bible
Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ahiiah caught the newe garment that was on him, and rent it in twelue pieces,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.
Complete Jewish Bible
Achiyah took hold of his new cloak that he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.
Darby Translation
Then Ahijah seized the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces;
Easy-to-Read Version
Ahijah took his new coat and tore it into twelve pieces.
George Lamsa Translation
And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and tore it into twelve pieces;
Good News Translation
Ahijah took off the new robe he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,
Lexham English Bible
Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.
Literal Translation
And Ahijah laid hold on the new garment on him and tore it into twelve pieces.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Ahia toke holde of the new cloke yt he had on, and rente the same in to twolue peces,
American Standard Version
And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.
Bible in Basic English
And Ahijah took his new robe in his hands, parting it violently into twelve.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ahia caught the newe mantel that was on him, & rent it in twelue peeces,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.
King James Version (1611)
And Ahiiah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelue pieces.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Achia laid hold of his new garment that was upon him, and tore it into twelve pieces:
English Revised Version
And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.
Berean Standard Bible
And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Ahias took his newe mentil, with which he was hilid, and kittide in to twelue partis;
Young's Literal Translation
and Ahijah layeth hold on the new garment that [is] on him, and rendeth it -- twelve pieces,
Update Bible Version
And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Ahijah caught the new garment that [was] on him, and rent it [in] twelve pieces:
World English Bible
Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
New King James Version
Then Ahijah took hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it into twelve pieces.
New Living Translation
and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.
New Life Bible
Then Ahijah took hold of his new coat and tore it into twelve pieces.
New Revised Standard
when Ahijah laid hold of the new garment he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Ahijah laid hold of the new mantle, that was upon him, - and rent it into twelve pieces;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Ahias taking his new garment, wherewith he was clad, divided it into twelve parts:
Revised Standard Version
Then Ahi'jah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it into twelve pieces.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.

Contextual Overview

26Now Solomon’s servant, Jeroboam son of Nebat, was an Ephraimite from Zeredah. His widowed mother’s name was Zeruah. Jeroboam rebelled against Solomon, 27and this is the reason he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the opening in the wall of the city of his father David. 28Now the man Jeroboam was capable, and Solomon noticed the young man because he was getting things done. So he appointed him over the entire labor force of the house of Joseph. 29During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as Jeroboam came out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself with a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field. 30Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he had on, tore it into twelve pieces, 31and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I am about to tear the kingdom out of Solomon’s hand. I will give you ten tribes, 32but one tribe will remain his for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I chose out of all the tribes of Israel. 33For they have abandoned me; they have bowed down to Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in my ways to do what is right in my sight and to carry out my statutes and my judgments as his father David did. 34“‘However, I will not take the whole kingdom from him but will let him be ruler all the days of his life for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose and who kept my commands and my statutes. 35I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from his son and give them to you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

rent it: 1 Samuel 15:27, 1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Samuel 24:4, 1 Samuel 24:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 24:4 - according 1 Kings 14:8 - rent Jeremiah 27:2 - put Ezekiel 4:1 - take

Cross-References

Genesis 11:1
The whole earth had the same language and vocabulary.
Genesis 11:2
As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Genesis 11:3
They said to each other, “Come, let us make oven-fired bricks.” (They used brick for stone and asphalt for mortar.)
Genesis 11:11
After he fathered Arpachshad, Shem lived 500 years and fathered other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:12
Arpachshad lived 35 years and fathered Shelah.
Genesis 25:21
Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord was receptive to his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
Genesis 29:31
When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive.
Judges 13:2
There was a certain man from Zorah, from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoah; his wife was unable to conceive and had no children.
1 Samuel 1:2
He had two wives, the first named Hannah and the second Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.
Psalms 113:9
He gives the childless woman a household,making her the joyful mother of children.Hallelujah!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him,.... This looks as if it was Jeroboam's garment, having got a new one to appear before the king in; though the sense may be this, that the prophet took hold of his own garment that was upon himself:

and rent it in twelve pieces; as symbolical of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The first instance of the “acted parable.” Generally this mode was adopted upon express divine command (see Jeremiah 13:1-11; Ezekiel 3:1-3). A connection may be traced between the type selected and the words of the announcement to Solomon (1 Kings 11:11-13. Compare 1 Samuel 15:26-28).


 
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