1 Kings 11:28

Contextual Overview

²⁶Now Solomon’s servant, Jeroboam son of Nebat, was an Ephraimite from Zeredah. His widowed mother’s name was Zeruah. Jeroboam rebelled against Solomon, ²⁶ Yarov`am the son of Nevat, an Efratite of Tzeredata, a servant of Shlomo, whose mother's name was Tzeru`ah, a widow, he also lifted up his hand against the king. 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. ²⁶ Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also lifted up his hand against the king. ²⁶ Jeroboam son of Nebat was one of Solomon's officers. He was an Ephraimite from the town of Zeredah, and he was the son of a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam turned against the king. ²⁶ Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon's servants, rebelled against the king. He was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. ²⁶Jeroboam, Solomon's servant, the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zeredah whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also rebelled against the king. ²⁶ Then Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also rebelled against the king. ²⁶ And Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat an Ephrathite of Zereda Salomons seruant (whose mother was called Zeruah a widowe) lift vp his hand against the King. ²⁶Now Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also raised his hand against the king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

was industrious: Heb. did work, Proverbs 22:29

he made: 1 Kings 5:16

charge: Heb. burden, Deuteronomy 1:12, Isaiah 14:25, Matthew 11:30

the house: Joshua 18:5, Judges 1:22, Judges 1:23, 2 Samuel 19:20, Amos 5:6, Zechariah 10:6

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 11:26 - Jeroboam 2 Chronicles 10:2 - Jeroboam Proverbs 12:24 - hand

Cross-References

Genesis 11:2
It happened, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shin`ar; and they lived there.

Genesis 11:2
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

Genesis 11:2
And as people migrated from the east they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Genesis 11:2
As people moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.

Genesis 11:2
When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

Genesis 11:2
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.

Genesis 11:2
And it came about, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Genesis 11:2
And as they went from the East, they found a plaine in the land of Shinar, and there they abode.

Genesis 11:2
And it happened as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Genesis 11:2
but after some of them moved from the east and settled in Babylonia,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour,.... A man of great strength of body, and fortitude of mind:

and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious; in what he was set about in the above buildings and repairs:

he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph; the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, to be a prince or a deputy governor of them; or rather to collect the king's tax from them, or the revenues of that part of the country, see Proverbs 22:29.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A mighty man of valor - Here “a man of strength and activity.” It is a vague term of commendation, the exact force of which must be fixed by the context. See Ruth 2:1; 1 Samuel 9:1, etc.

Solomon made Jeroboam superintendent of all the forced labor (“the charge”) exacted from his tribe - the tribe of Ephraim - during the time that he was building Millo and fortifying the city of Jerusalem 1 Kings 9:15.