1 Kings 11:30–36

³⁰and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore^y it into twelve pieces. ³¹Then he said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘See, I am going to tear^z the kingdom out of Solomon’s hand and give you ten tribes. ³²But for the sake^a of my servant David and the city of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, he will have one tribe. ³³I will do this because they have^b forsaken me and worshiped^b Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Molek the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked^c in obedience to me, nor done what is right in my eyes, nor kept my decrees^d and laws as David, Solomon’s father, did.

³⁴“ ‘But I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand; I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose and who obeyed my commands and decrees. ³⁵I will take the kingdom from his son’s hands and give you ten tribes. ³⁶I will give one tribe^e to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp^f before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name.