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1 Kings 11:28 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 11 · verse 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 the house of Joseph.1 Kings 11:28 · King James Version
1 Kings 11:28 in context
26And 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.
27And 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.
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.
29And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that 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:
30And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- industriousʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- industriousmᵉlâʼkâhproperly, deputyshipH4399 →
- JeroboamYârobʻâmJarobam, the name of two Israelite kingsH3379 →
- SolomonShᵉlômôhShelomah, David's successorH8010 →
- valourchayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH2428 →
- seeingrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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We have here the first mention of that infamous name Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that made Israel to sin; he is here brought upon the stage as an adversary to Solomon, whom God had expressly told (Kg1 11:11) that he would give the greatest part of his kingdom to his servant, and Jeroboam was the man.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 26-40