1 Kings 11:29–39

²⁹During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite^q met Jeroboam on the road as Jeroboam came out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself with a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field. ³⁰Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he had on, tore it into twelve pieces,^{r 31}and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I am about to tear the kingdom out of Solomon’s hand. I will give you ten tribes, ³²but one tribe will remain his for the sake of my servant David^s and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I chose out of all the tribes of Israel.^{t 33}For they have abandoned me; they have bowed down to Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the Ammonites.^u They have not walked in my ways to do what is right in my sight and to carry out my statutes and my judgments as his father David did.^v

³⁴“ ‘However, I will not take the whole kingdom from him but will let him be ruler all the days of his life for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose and who kept my commands and my statutes. ³⁵I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from his son and give them to you. ³⁶I will give one tribe^w to his son,^x so that my servant David will always have a lamp^C before me^y in Jerusalem, the city I chose for myself to put my name there.^{z 37}I will appoint you,^aa and you will reign as king^ab over all you want,^ac and you will be king over Israel.

³⁸“ ‘After that, if you obey all I command you, walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight in order to keep my statutes and my commands as my servant David did, I will be with you.^a I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David,^b and I will give you Israel. ³⁹I will humble David’s descendants, because of their unfaithfulness, but not forever.’ ”^Dc