Ahijah the Shilonite
Prophet
The holy prophet Ahijah came from the city of Shiloh and lived during the reign of Solomon and Jeroboam. Under Solomon, he predicted the division of Solomon's kingdom and the defection of ten tribes, which formed the kingdom of Israel. Meeting Jeroboam in the field, Ahijah tore his garment into twelve pieces and commanded him to take ten pieces as a sign that the Lord God of Israel was giving him ten tribes if he walked in the ways of God. Later, due to the illness of Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, Ahijah foretold to Jeroboam's wife the destruction of the entire house of Jeroboam for his impiety and the scattering of the Israelites beyond the Euphrates. Ahijah's prophecy was fulfilled with the immediate death of Abijah.
