First Reading1 Kings 11:29-32; 12:19
From the First Book of Kings
29At that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem,the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the way.Now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment;and the two of them were alone in the field.30Ahijah took the new garment that was on him,and tore it in twelve pieces.31He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces;for the Lord, the God of Israel,says, ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomonand will give ten tribes to you32(but he shall have one tribe,for my servant David’s sake and for Jerusalem’s sake,the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel), some verses are not read19So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day.