1 Kings 11:28

28 And the man Jeroboam [was] a mighty man of valor: 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 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:28

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 ( 22:29 ) .

1 Kings 11:28 In-Context

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 raised [his] hand against the king.

27 And this [was] the cause why he raised [his] hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, [and] repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.

28 And the man Jeroboam [was] a mighty man of valor: and Solomon, seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

29 And 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:

30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that [was] on him, and rent it [in] twelve pieces: