1 Kings 11:28

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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.

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  • Prov 22:29 : 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
  • Isa 14:25 : 25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
  • Amos 5:6 : 6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
  • Zech 10:6 : 6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
  • Matt 11:30 : 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
  • Deut 1:12 : 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burn, and your strife?
  • Josh 18:5 : 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of eph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
  • Judg 1:22-23 : 22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
  • 2 Sam 19:20 : 20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
  • 1 Kgs 5:16 : 16 Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

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  • 1 Kgs 11:26-27
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 12:2-3
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    2And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)

    3That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 11:29-31
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    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:

    31And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:

  • 2 Chr 10:2-3
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    2And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

    3And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 2 Chr 13:6-8
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    6Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.

    7And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.

    8And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

  • 1 Kgs 14:7-8
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    7Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,

    8And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;

  • 1 Kgs 11:40
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    40Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 14:1-2
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    1At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

    2And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.

  • 1 Kgs 12:25-27
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    25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

    26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

    27If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 12:20
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    20And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

  • 1 Kgs 14:13-14
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    13And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

    14Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.

  • 1 Kgs 13:1
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    1And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

  • 2 Kgs 17:21
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    21For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.

  • 1 Kgs 14:19-20
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    19And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

    20And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Chr 11:2-3
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    2But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

    3Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 12:15
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    15Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

  • 2 Chr 10:15
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    15So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

  • 1 Kgs 13:33-34
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    33After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

    34And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 13:4
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    4And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

  • 2 Kgs 14:27-28
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    27And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

    28Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

  • 2 Chr 13:3-4
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    3And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.

    4And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

  • 1 Kgs 4:6
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    6And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

  • 2 Chr 1:1
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    1And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
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    35Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 14:4
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    4And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.

  • 2 Chr 13:20
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    20Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.

  • 1 Kgs 5:13
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    13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

  • 2 Chr 11:15
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    15And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.

  • 1 Chr 29:25
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    25And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
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    20And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

  • 2 Chr 8:9
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    9But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

  • 1 Kgs 12:31
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    31And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

  • 1 Kgs 14:16
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    16And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.