30 Then Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, (A)and tore it into twelve pieces. 31 And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, (B)I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon and will give you ten tribes 32 (but (C)he shall have one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, (D)the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),

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