1 Kings 11:27-29

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁷ The following was the reason he rebelled against the king. Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the gap in the wall^[a] of the city of his father David. ²⁸ The man Jeroboam was very able, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious he gave him charge over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph. ²⁹ About that time, when Jeroboam was leaving Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Ahijah had clothed himself with a new garment. The two of them were alone in the open country