25 He was an enemy of Israel during the lifetime of Solomon.
26 Another man who turned against King Solomon was one of his officials, Jeroboam son of Nebat, from Zeredah in Ephraim. His mother was a widow named Zeruah.
27 This is the story of the revolt.Solomon was filling in the land on the east side of Jerusalem and repairing the city walls.
28 Jeroboam was an able young man, and when Solomon noticed how hard he worked, he put him in charge of all the forced labour in the territory of the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim.
29 One day, as Jeroboam was travelling from Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah, from Shiloh, met him alone on the road in the open country.
30 Ahijah took off the new robe he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,
31 and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, because the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, ‘I am going to take the kingdom away from Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.