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English Revised Version

1 Kings 11:30

And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in 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

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he had on, tore it into twelve pieces,
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:
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

26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, he also 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 breach of the city of David his father. 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labour 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; now [Ahijah] had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field. 30 And Ahijah laid hold of 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:) 33 because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. 34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant’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.

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
And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
Genesis 11:2
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Genesis 11:3
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
Genesis 11:11
and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:12
And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah:
Genesis 25:21
And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Genesis 29:31
And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
Judges 13:2
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
1 Samuel 1:2
and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
Psalms 113:9
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

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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