And the man Jeroboam was a mighty one of strength. And Solomon saw the young man, that he was doing work. And he appointed him to all the burden of the house of Joseph.
The land of Egypt is before you; cause your father and your brothers to live in the best of the land; let them live in the land of Goshen. And if you know men of ability among them, make them chiefs of livestock over what is mine.
And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, a servant of Solomon (and his mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman) he also lifted up a hand against the king.
Go, say to Jeroboam, So says Jehovah, God of Israel, Because I have lifted you up from the midst of the people, and have appointed you leader over My people Israel;
besides the rulers of those stationed of Solomon, overseers who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, those ruling over the people who were working in the work.
And I will make stronger the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. And I will return to save them, for I have pity on them. And they shall be as though I had not cast them off, for I am Jehovah their God, and I will answer them.
And they shall divide it into seven parts. Judah shall stay within their border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall stay within their border on the north.