1 Kings 11:30

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

and he grabbed the robe and tore it into twelve pieces.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 15:27-28 : 27 When Samuel turned to leave, Saul grabbed the edge of his robe and it tore. 28 Samuel said to him,“The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you!
  • 1 Sam 24:4-5 : 4 David’s men said to him,“This is the day about which the LORD said to you,‘I will give your enemy into your hand, and you can do to him whatever seems appropriate to you.’” So David got up and quietly cut off an edge of Saul’s robe. 5 Afterward David’s conscience bothered him because he had cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

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  • 1 Kgs 11:28-29
    2 verses
    85%

    28Jeroboam was a talented man; when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe of Joseph.

    29At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah was wearing a brand new robe,

  • 1 Kgs 11:31
    85%

    31Then he told Jeroboam,“Take ten pieces, for this is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.

  • 2 Sam 1:11
    76%

    11David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

  • 1 Sam 15:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27When Samuel turned to leave, Saul grabbed the edge of his robe and it tore.

    28Samuel said to him,“The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you!

  • 2 Kgs 22:11
    75%

    11When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.

  • 1 Kgs 11:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

    11So the LORD said to Solomon,“Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

    12However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead.

    13But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”

  • 2 Sam 13:31
    73%

    31Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well.

  • 2 Chr 34:19
    73%

    19When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.

  • 2 Kgs 5:8
    72%

    8When Elisha the prophet heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king,“Why did you tear your clothes? Send him to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”

  • 2 Kgs 17:21
    72%

    21He tore Israel away from David’s dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from the LORD and encouraged them to commit a serious sin.

  • 2 Kgs 6:30
    71%

    30When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his clothes. As he was passing by on the wall, the people could see he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes.

  • 2 Kgs 2:12
    71%

    12While Elisha was watching, he was crying out,“My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!” Then he could no longer see him. He grabbed his clothes and tore them in two.

  • 1 Kgs 13:5
    70%

    5Meanwhile the altar split open and the ashes poured from the altar in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had given with the LORD’s message.

  • Exod 39:23
    69%

    23There was an opening in the center of the robe, like the opening of a collar, with an edge all around the opening so that it could not be torn.

  • 1 Kgs 14:2
    69%

    2Jeroboam told his wife,“Disguise yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there.

  • 1 Kgs 14:4-8
    5 verses
    68%

    4Jeroboam’s wife did as she was told. She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; he had lost his eyesight in his old age.

    5But the LORD had told Ahijah,“Look, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her such-and-such. When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”

    6When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said,“Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news.

    7Go, tell Jeroboam,‘This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:“I raised you up from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel.

    8I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve.

  • 1 Kgs 13:34
    68%

    34This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

  • Mark 2:21
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    21No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse.

  • Luke 5:36
    68%

    36He also told them a parable:“No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

  • 1 Kgs 11:35
    68%

    35I will take the kingdom from the hand of his son and give ten tribes to you.

  • 1 Kgs 21:27
    68%

    27When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.

  • Isa 37:1
    67%

    1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the LORD’s temple.

  • 2 Kgs 19:1
    67%

    1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the LORD’s temple.

  • Matt 9:16
    67%

    16No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.

  • 1 Kgs 12:15-16
    2 verses
    67%

    15The king refused to listen to the people, because the LORD was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

    16When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king,“We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” So Israel returned to their homes.

  • 1 Kgs 12:26
    67%

    26Jeroboam then thought to himself:“Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom.

  • 1 Kgs 12:2
    67%

    2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

  • 1 Kgs 12:20
    67%

    20When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty.

  • 1 Kgs 14:14
    67%

    14The LORD will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off Jeroboam’s dynasty. It is ready to happen!

  • Zech 11:14
    67%

    14Then I cut the second staff“Union” in two in order to annul the covenant of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

  • Ezra 9:3
    66%

    3When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and my robe and ripped out some of the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat down, quite devastated.

  • 2 Chr 10:15
    66%

    15The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

  • 2 Chr 13:15
    66%

    15and the men of Judah gave the battle cry. As the men of Judah gave the battle cry, God struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 13:3
    66%

    3That day he had also given a sign, saying,“This is the sign that the LORD has declared: The altar will split open and the ashes on it will pour out.”

  • Gen 37:33
    66%

    33He recognized it and exclaimed,“It is my son’s tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

  • 2 Chr 11:3
    66%

    3“Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,

  • Zech 11:10
    66%

    10Then I took my staff“Pleasantness” and cut it in two to annul my covenant that I had made with all the people.

  • 1 Sam 28:17
    66%

    17The LORD has done exactly as I prophesied! The LORD has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor David!

  • Deut 22:11
    66%

    11You must not wear clothing made with wool and linen meshed together.

  • Num 14:6
    66%

    6And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of those who had investigated the land, tore their garments.