1 Kings 11:29

And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:

The prophet Ahijah the Shilonite, х ha-Shiyloniy (H7888)] (see the notes at 2 Samuel 15:12) - i:e., a native or inhabitant of Shilo (Seilun) [Septuagint, Seeloo; Josephus, 'Antiquities,' b.5:, ch. 1:, secs. 19, 20, Siloun; but 'Antiquities,' b. 8:, ch. 7:, sec. 7, Siloo (cf. 1 Kings 14:2; 1 Kings 14:4. The Septuagint has: Achia ho Seeloonitees (see the notes at Joshua 18:1; Judges 21:19; Judges 21:21).] He was successor to Nathan and Gad. A building still stands in Seilun which goes by the name of en-Neby Ahijah, the prophet Ahijah (Thrupp, 'Ancient Jerusalem,' p. 404). 'His ministrations were carried on amidst the tribes on the central highlands of Ephraim, among the oldest and most influential families in the country, and in the tribe which was the most important, both in respect of its large interest in the prosperity of the state and of its ancestral recollections.

Moreover, one of the holy places was possessed by them. Shiloh, with a sacred antiquity now gathering around it, continually reminded them of what was forgotten amid the pomp of the southern city. There accordingly an expression of the gathering discontent of better spirit of the community was first made public; and it was very naturally first heard there, since "the burden of Joseph," imposed recording to the fertility and productiveness of the soil, would, in that garden district of the country, be most irksome and oppressive' (Drew's 'Scripture Lands,' p. 162).

And he had clad himself, х mitkaceh (H3680)] - having wrapped himself.

With a new garment, х salmaah (H8009), by transposition for samlaah (H8072), the wide outer mantle, or cloak (Genesis 9:23; Deuteronomy 22:17)]. The meaning is Ahijah the Shilonite, the prophet, went and took a fit station in the way, and in order that he might not be known, he wrapped himself up, so as closely to conceal himself, in a new garment, a surtout, which he afterward tore in twelve pieces.