1 Kings 11:28
Jeroboam was a very capable young man. So, when Solomon saw that he worked very hard, he appointed him to supervise all the men who were forced to work in the areas where the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim live.
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Deuteronomy 1:12But I certainly cannot [RHQ] ◄solve/deal with► all of your complaints/problems.
Judges 1:22The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to fight against the men of Bethel city, and Yahweh helped them.
1 Kings 5:16And he also assigned 3,600 men to supervise their work.
Isaiah 14:25When the army of Assyria is in my land of Israel, I will crush them. It will be as though I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be the slaves [MET] of the people of Assyria; it will be as though [MET] I will take away the burdens that are on their shoulders.
Zechariah 10:6I will cause the people [MTY] of Judah to become strong, and I will rescue the people [MTY] of Israel. I will bring them back from the countries to which they were ◄exiled/forced to go►; I will do that because I pity them. Then they will be as though I had not abandoned them, because I am Yahweh, their God, and I will answer them when they pray for help.
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 →