And Ahijah caught the new garment that [was] on him, and rent it [in] twelve pieces:
Ver. 30. And rent it.] This he did for a sign. See 1 Kings 11:11, where the kingdom is likened unto a glorious mantle upon the king's shoulders, as 1 Samuel 15:28 .
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1 Kings 11:30
30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: