1 Kings 11:30–36

³⁰Ahijah took off the new robe he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces, ³¹and 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. ³²Solomon will keep one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen to be my own from the whole land of Israel. ³³I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has^m worshipped foreign gods: Astarte, the goddess of Sidon; Chemosh, the god of Moab; and Molech, the god of Ammon. Solomon hasⁿ disobeyed me; he has done wrong, and has not kept my laws and commands as his father David did. ³⁴But I will not take the whole kingdom away from Solomon, and I will keep him in power as long as he lives. This I will do for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose and who obeyed my laws and commands. ³⁵I will take the kingdom away from Solomon’s son and will give you ten tribes, ³⁶but I will let Solomon’s son keep one tribe, so that I will always have a descendant of my servant David ruling in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as the place where I am worshipped.