1 Kings 11:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

The prophet Ahijah— 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, chap. 1 Kings 6:12 and again when he fell into his irregularities, 1 Kings 11:11. His prediction to Solomon, that he would one day be perverted by women; and to Jeroboam, that heifers (meaning the two golden calves) would alienate him from the service of God, are both taken notice of by Epiphanius de Vita et Morte Prophet. See Calmet.

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: