1 Kings 11:28-30

Expanded Bible

²⁸ Jeroboam was a ·capable [energetic] man, and Solomon saw that this young man was ·a good worker [industrious]. So Solomon put him over all the ·workers [labor force; or forced labor] from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.

²⁹ One day as Jeroboam was leaving Jerusalem, Ahijah, the prophet from Shiloh, who was wearing a new ·coat [cloak], met him on the road. The two men were alone out in ·the country [a field]. ³⁰ Ahijah took his new ·coat [cloak] and tore it into twelve pieces [^Crepresenting the original twelve tribes of Israel].