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:
Ver. 29. When Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem,] sc, To take this prefectureship or principality upon him, which was not the cause, but some occasion of his rebellion.
And he had clad himself with a new garment.] Ahijah had; and he might well make bold with his own.