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3 Царе 11:26
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Jeroboam: 1 Kings 11:11, 1 Kings 11:28, 1 Kings 12:2, 1 Kings 12:20-24, 1 Kings 13:1-10, 1 Kings 14:16, 1 Kings 15:30, 1 Kings 16:3, 1 Kings 21:22
an Ephrathite: Genesis 35:16, Ruth 1:2, 1 Samuel 1:1, 1 Samuel 17:12, 1 Chronicles 2:19
Solomon's servant: 1 Kings 9:22, 2 Chronicles 13:6
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 11:37 - according 2 Kings 8:15 - And it came 1 Chronicles 5:17 - Jeroboam 2 Chronicles 10:2 - Jeroboam
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Jeroboam the son of Nebat,.... According to some Jewish writers r, this was Sheba the son of Bichri; but, as Kimchi observes, he was of the tribe of Benjamin, this of Ephraim; and besides, his head was cut off, and thrown over the wall to Joab, 2 Samuel 20:1,
an Ephrathite of Zereda; some where in the tribe of Ephraim, but nowhere else mentioned. There was a famous Jewish doctor, before the times of Christ, of this place, as it seems, who was called Jose ben Joezer, a man of Zereda s:
Solomon's servant; not only his subject, but one that had been advanced by him to an office, and served under him, 1 Kings 11:28,
whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman; who very probably was supported by this her son, an industrious and ingenious man:
even he lifted up his hand against the king; either against Solomon, by reproaching and reproving him for some things he did; or rather against Rehoboam his son, which was very ungrateful.
r Shalshalet Hakabala, p. 11. s Pirke Abot, c. 1. sect. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Zereda - See Judges 7:22.
Lifted up his hand against the king - i. e., “he rebelled.” Compare marginal reference.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 26. Jeroboam the son of Nebat — From the context we learn that Jeroboam while a young man was employed by Solomon to superintend the improvements and buildings at Millo, and had so distinguished himself there by his industry and good conduct as to attract general notice, and to induce Solomon to set him over all the labourers employed in that work, belonging to the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, called here the house of Joseph. At first it appears that Solomon employed none of the Israelites in any drudgery; but it is likely that, as he grew profane, he grew tyrannical and oppressive: and at the works of Millo he changed his conduct; and there, in all probability, were the seeds of disaffection sown. And Jeroboam, being a clever and enterprising man, knew well how to avail himself of the general discontent.
