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Prophet

Ahijah

1000 BC – 920 BC

A prophet from Shiloh who played a decisive role in the division of Israel's monarchy. He met Jeroboam on a road outside Jerusalem, tore his own new cloak into twelve pieces, and gave ten to Jeroboam — a vivid symbolic act prophesying that God would tear ten tribes from Solomon's son because of Solomon's idolatry (1 Kings 11:29-39). Years later, when Jeroboam's son fell ill, Jeroboam sent his wife in disguise to consult the now-blind Ahijah, who recognized her immediately and pronounced the total destruction of Jeroboam's dynasty as judgment for his establishment of golden-calf worship at Dan and Bethel.

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Prophet
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1000 BC – 920 BC
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Israelite Kingdoms
1000 BC920 BC
Israelite Kingdoms
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A prophet from Shiloh who played a decisive role in the division of Israel's monarchy.

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