1 Kings 11:28

and the man Jeroboam was strong and valiant; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

In Context

27And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon was building Millo, and closing the breach of the city of David his father;

29And it came to pass at that time that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, and 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.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:12How can I myself alone sustain your wear, and your burden, and your strife?

Judges 1:22And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Jehovah was with them.

1 Kings 5:16besides the overseers whom Solomon had set over the work, three thousand three hundred, who ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

Isaiah 14:25to break the Assyrian in my land; and upon my mountains will I tread him under foot; and his yoke shall depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

Zechariah 10:6And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back again; for I will have mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Jehovah their God, and I will answer them.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 11:27-41

Jeroboam's Promotion Foretold. ( b. c. 977.) 26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. 27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of… Read the whole commentary →

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