1 Kings 11:26-28

GOD’S WORD Translation

²⁶ There was also Jeroboam, who was the son of Nebat and an Ephrathite from Zeredah. His mother Zeruah was a widow. He was one of Solomon’s officers, but he rebelled against the king.

²⁷ This was the situation when he rebelled against the king: Solomon was building the Millo ^[a] and repairing a break in the ⌞wall of⌟ the City of David. ²⁸ Solomon saw that Jeroboam was a very able and hardworking man. So he put Jeroboam in charge of all forced labor from the tribes of Joseph.