KJV ORIGINAL
And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The prophet Ahijah dramatically tore his new cloak into twelve pieces as a symbolic act to represent what God was about to do to Solomon's kingdom.
📚 Historical Context
This scene takes place during the reign of King Solomon, when the prophet Ahijah met Jeroboam on a road outside Jerusalem. Ahijah was performing a prophetic sign to show that God would divide Solomon's united kingdom of Israel into two separate kingdoms because of Solomon's unfaithfulness and idol worship. The twelve pieces represented the twelve tribes of Israel.
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