1 Kings 11:28

WEB

²⁸The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

KJV

²⁸And 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.

BSB

²⁸Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.

FBV

²⁸Jeroboam was a man of ability, and when Solomon realized how successful he was in what he did, he placed him in command of all the forced labor of the tribes of Joseph.

Extra References

Proverbs 22:29

²⁹Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

Judges 1:22-23

²²The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them. ²³The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)

Amos 5:6

⁶Seek the LORD, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.

2 Samuel 19:20

²⁰For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”

Joshua 18:5

⁵They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.

1 Kings 5:16

¹⁶besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work: three thousand three hundred who ruled over the people who labored in the work.

Zechariah 10:6

⁶“I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back, for I have mercy on them. They will be as though I had not cast them off, for I am the LORD their God, and I will hear them.

Isaiah 14:25

²⁵that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and tread him under foot on my mountains. Then his yoke will leave them, and his burden leave their shoulders.

Deuteronomy 1:12

¹²How can I myself alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife?

Matthew 11:30

³⁰For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”