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Now the man Jeroboam was a valiant warrior, and when ^(aa)Solomon saw that the young man was ^[o]industrious, he appointed him over all the ^[p]forced labor of the house of Joseph.

It came about at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that ^(ab)the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now ^[q]Ahijah had clothed himself with a new cloak; and both of them were alone in the field.

Then ^(ac)Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.

He said to Jeroboam, "Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says the Lord , the God of Israel, ‘Behold, ^(ad)I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes