1 Kings 11:30 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 11:30

And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,

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ASV

And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.

KJV

And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him,.... This looks as if it was Jeroboam's garment, having got a new one to appear before the king in; though the sense may be this, that the prophet took hold of his own garment that was upon himself: and rent it in twelve pieces; as symbolical of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is not certain whether the garment was Jeroboam's, as is commonly taken for granted, or Ahijah's, which is more probable: He (that is, the prophet) had clad himself with a new garment, on purpose that he might with it give him a sign. The rending of the kingdom from Saul was signified by the rending of Samuel's mantle, not Saul's, 1 Sam. xv.

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The first instance of the “acted parable.” Generally this mode was adopted upon express divine command (see Jer 13:1-11; Eze 3:1-3). A connection may be traced between the type selected and the words of the announcement to Solomon (1Ki 11:11-13. Compare 1Sa 15:26-28).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

He was a young man of talent and energy, who, having been appointed by Solomon superintendent of the engineering works projected around Jerusalem, had risen into public notice, and on being informed by a very significant act of the prophet Ahijah of the royal destiny which, by divine appointment, awaited him, his mind took a new turn.

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10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּתְפֹּ֣שׂ	vai.yit.Pos	and he seized	H8610 →
אֲחִיָּ֔ה	'a.chi.Yah	Ahijah	H281 →
בַּשַּׂלְמָ֥ה	ba.sal.Mah	<in> the cloak	H8008 →
הַחֲדָשָׁ֖ה	ha.cha.da.Shah	<the> new	H2319 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עָלָ֑יו	'a.Lav	[was] on him	H5921 →
וַיִּ֨קְרָעֶ֔הָ	vai.Yik.ra.'E.ha	and he tore it	H7167 →
שְׁנֵ֥ים	she.Neim	two [plus]	H8147 →
עָשָׂ֖ר	'a.Sar	ten	H6240 →
קְרָעִֽים׃	ke.ra.'Im	pieces	H7168 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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