1 Kings 11:30

World English Bible (2000)

Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 15:27-28 : 27 As Samuel turned about to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore. 28 Samuel said to him, "Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.
  • 1 Sam 24:4-5 : 4 The men of David said to him, "Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you, 'Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.'" Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly. 5 It happened afterward, that David's heart struck him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

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

    28The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

    29It happened 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.

  • 1 Kgs 11:31
    85%

    31He said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you

  • 2 Sam 1:11
    76%

    11Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men who were with him.

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

    27As Samuel turned about to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore.

    28Samuel said to him, "Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.

  • 2 Kgs 22:11
    75%

    11It happened, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes.

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

    11Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, "Because this is done by you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

    12Notwithstanding I will not do it in your days, for David your father's sake; but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

    13However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen."

  • 2 Sam 13:31
    73%

    31Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

  • 2 Chr 34:19
    73%

    19It happened, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.

  • 2 Kgs 5:8
    72%

    8It was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel."

  • 2 Kgs 17:21
    72%

    21For he tore Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Yahweh, and made them sin a great sin.

  • 2 Kgs 6:30
    71%

    30It happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall); and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh.

  • 2 Kgs 2:12
    71%

    12Elisha saw it, and he cried, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" He saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.

  • 1 Kgs 13:5
    70%

    5The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of Yahweh.

  • Exod 39:23
    69%

    23The opening of the robe in its midst was like the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding around its opening, that it should not be torn.

  • 1 Kgs 14:2
    69%

    2Jeroboam said to his wife, "Please get up and disguise yourself, that you won't be recognized as the wife of Jeroboam. Go to Shiloh. Behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who spoke concerning me that I should be king over this people.

  • 1 Kgs 14:4-8
    5 verses
    68%

    4Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.

    5Yahweh said to Ahijah, "Behold, the wife of Jeroboam comes to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick. Thus and thus you shall tell her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman."

    6It was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, "Come in, you wife of Jeroboam! Why do you pretend to be another? For I am sent to you with heavy news.

    7Go, tell Jeroboam, 'Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: "Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Israel,

    8and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,

  • 1 Kgs 13:34
    68%

    34This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth.

  • Mark 2:21
    68%

    21No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.

  • Luke 5:36
    68%

    36He also told a parable to them. "No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.

  • 1 Kgs 11:35
    68%

    35but I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it to you, even ten tribes.

  • 1 Kgs 21:27
    68%

    27It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

  • Isa 37:1
    67%

    1It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh's house.

  • 2 Kgs 19:1
    67%

    1It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Yahweh.

  • Matt 9:16
    67%

    16No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.

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

    15So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about of Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

    16When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, "What portion have we in David? Neither do we have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David." So Israel departed to their tents.

  • 1 Kgs 12:26
    67%

    26Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

  • 1 Kgs 12:2
    67%

    2It happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt,

  • 1 Kgs 12:20
    67%

    20It happened, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

  • 1 Kgs 14:14
    67%

    14Moreover Yahweh will raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is day! What? Even now.

  • Zech 11:14
    67%

    14Then I cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

  • Ezra 9:3
    66%

    3When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.

  • 2 Chr 10:15
    66%

    15So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was brought about of God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

  • 2 Chr 13:15
    66%

    15Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it happened, that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 13:3
    66%

    3He gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign which Yahweh has spoken: Behold, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out."

  • Gen 37:33
    66%

    33He recognized it, and said, "It is my son's coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces."

  • 2 Chr 11:3
    66%

    3"Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

  • Zech 11:10
    66%

    10I took my staff Favor, and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.

  • 1 Sam 28:17
    66%

    17Yahweh has done to you as he spoke by me. Yahweh has torn the kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your neighbor, even to David.

  • Deut 22:11
    66%

    11You shall not wear a mixed stuff, wool and linen together.

  • Num 14:6
    66%

    6Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes: