He then prophesied that the kingdom would be divided, with Jeroboam becoming king over ten of the tribes.

While the two men spoke alone in the countryside, Ahijah took hold of his new cloak and tore it into twelve pieces, giving Jeroboam ten of the pieces. Scripture says that “Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, and Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh met him on the way, wearing a new cloak” (1 Kings 11:29). This message was relayed to Jeroboam, one of King Solomon’s officials. Through Ahijah, God had a message that would change the kingdom of Israel forever.

This Ahijah was a prophet from Shiloh during the time of Solomon. Two more Ahijahs are mentioned in more than one verse: Ahijah the priest (and grandson of Eli), who was in charge of the ark of the covenant while Saul was king (1 Samuel 14:3 18) and Ahijah the father of Baasha, one of the kings of Israel (1 Kings 15:27, 33 21:22 2 Kings 9:9).īesides all these, there is still one more Ahijah in the Bible, and his role was a larger one. The ones who appear in only one verse in the Bible can be found in 1 Kings 4:3 1 Chronicles 2:25 8:7 and 11:36. There are seven men in the Bible with the name Ahijah, but most of them are only briefly mentioned.

The blind prophet in the bible