1 Kings 11:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ The man Jeroboam was very able, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, he gave him charge over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of courage. Solomon, seeing that the young man was industrious, put him in charge over all the [forced] labor of the house of Joseph.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²⁸ Now Jeroboam was a strong and honorable man. Solomon saw how well this youth did his work. So he appointed him over all the work gang of Joseph’s house.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ Now Jeroboam was a valiant and powerful man. And perceiving the young man to be ingenious and industrious, Solomon appointed him as first ruler over the tributes of the entire house of Joseph.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ And Jeroboam was a valiant and mighty man: and Solomon seeing him a young man ingenious and industrious made him chief over the tributes of all the house of Joseph.

1 Kings 11:28 Cross References

Genesis 47:6

The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land; let them live in the land of Goshen; and if you know that there are capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

2 Samuel 19:20

For your servant knows that I have sinned; therefore, see, I have come this day, the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”

1 Kings 11:26

Jeroboam son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, rebelled against the king.

1 Kings 14:7

Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because I exalted you from among the people, made you leader over my people Israel,

1 Kings 5:16

besides Solomon’s three thousand three hundred supervisors who were over the work, having charge of the people who did the work.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see those who are skillful in their work? They will serve kings; they will not serve common people.

Isaiah 14:25

I will break the Assyrian in my land and on my mountains trample him under foot; his yoke shall be removed from them and his burden from their shoulders.

Amos 5:6

Seek the Lord and live, or he will break out against the house of Joseph like fire, and it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it.

Zechariah 10:6

I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back because I have compassion on them, and they shall be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God, and I will answer them.

Matthew 11:30

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

Deuteronomy 1:12

But how can I bear the heavy burden of your disputes all by myself?

Joshua 18:5

They shall divide it into seven portions, Judah continuing in its territory on the south and the house of Joseph in their territory on the north.