1 Re 11:29

29 In quel tempo avvenne che Geroboamo, essendo uscito da Gerusalemme, s’imbatté per istrada nel profeta Ahija di Scilo, che portava un mantello nuovo; ed erano loro due soli nella campagna.

1 Re 11:29 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:29

And it came to pass at that time, when Jeroboam went out of
Jerusalem
Either to enter upon his new office: or having been with Solomon to pay in the revenues, and to make up his accounts with him was going back to the country to do the duty of his office:

that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way;
not accidentally, but purposely was in the way to meet him, and converse with him; this prophet was of the city of Shiloh, and where was now his abode, see ( 1 Kings 14:2 )

and he had clad himself with a new garment;
not Jeroboam, but the prophet, and that by the direction of the Lord, for the following purpose:

and they two were alone in the field:
it is possible Jeroboam might have some servants with him; but Ahijah desiring some private conversation with him, he sent them onwards, or bid them stay at some distance; who yet might be capable of observing what was done, though not of hearing what was said; or otherwise how should Solomon come to the knowledge of it? ( 1 Kings 11:40 ) .

1 Re 11:29 In-Context

27 La causa per cui si ribellò contro il re, fu questa. Salomone costruiva Millo e chiudeva la breccia della città di Davide suo padre.

28 Or Geroboamo era un uomo forte a valoroso; e Salomone, veduto come questo giovine lavorava, gli diede la sorveglianza di tutta la gente della casa di Giuseppe, comandata ai lavori.

29 In quel tempo avvenne che Geroboamo, essendo uscito da Gerusalemme, s’imbatté per istrada nel profeta Ahija di Scilo, che portava un mantello nuovo; ed erano loro due soli nella campagna.

30 Ahija prese il mantello nuovo che aveva addosso, lo stracciò in dodici pezzi,

31 e disse a Geroboamo: "Prendine per te dieci pezzi, perché l’Eterno, l’Iddio d’Israele, dice così: Ecco, io strappo questo regno dalle mani di Salomone, e te ne darò dieci tribù,