Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore 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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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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