1 Kings 11:30–36

³⁰Then Ahijah took hold of the new garment that was on him, and ^gtore it into twelve pieces. ³¹And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces, for ^hthus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you ³²(but he shall have one tribe for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel), ³³ⁱbecause ⁷they have forsaken Me, and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the people of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My eyes and keep My statutes and My judgments, as did his father David. ³⁴However I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of My servant David, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and My statutes. ³⁵But ^jI will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and give it to you—ten tribes. ³⁶And to his son I will give one tribe, that ^kMy servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name there.