1Ki 11:28-31 | ESV | STEP | The man Jeroboam was very able , and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious he gave him charge over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph .

1 Kings 11:28-31

28 The man Jeroboam was very able, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious he gave him charge over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph. 29 And at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, the prophet ^aAhijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now Ahijah had dressed himself in a new garment, and the two of them were alone in the open country. 30 Then Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, ^band tore it into twelve pieces. 31 And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, ^cI am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon and will give you ten tribes