When Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem Probably to execute his charge. The Prophet Ahijah found him Met with him as he was going along. “Ahijah was a native of Shiloh, and one of those who wrote the annals of King Solomon's reign, 2 Chronicles 9:29. And he is thought to have been the person who spake twice to Solomon from God, once while he was building the temple, (1 Kings 6:12,) and again when he fell into his irregularities,” 1 Kings 11:11. They two were alone in the field Having gone aside for private conference; for otherwise Jeroboam's servants, (it being most likely he had servants attending him,) if they heard not the words, might have seen the action of rending his coat, and thus the matter might have come to Solomon's ears.
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1 Kings 11:29
29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: