27 This was the situation when he rebelled against the king: Solomon was building the Millo and repairing a break in the ⌊wall of⌋ the City of David.
28 Solomon saw that Jer o boam was a very able and hardworking man. So he put Jer o boam in charge of all forced labor from the tribes of Joseph.
29 At that time Jer o boam left Jerusalem. The prophet Ahijah from Shiloh met him on the road. The two of them were alone in the open country, and Ahijah had on new clothes.
30 Ahijah took his new garment and tore it into 12 pieces.
31 He told Jer o boam, “Take 10 pieces because this is what the Lord God of Israel says: I am going to tear the kingdom out of Solomon’s hands and give ten tribes to you.
32 He will have one tribe ⌊left⌋ because of my servant David and Jerusalem, the city I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel.
33 I will do this because he has abandoned me and worshiped Astarte (the goddess of the Sidonians), Chemosh (the god of Moab), and Milcom (the god of Ammon). He has not followed my ways. He did not do what I consider right or keep my laws and decrees as his father David did.