Verse 28
Jeroboam was a talented man; when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe of Joseph.
Referenced Verses
- Prov 22:29 : 29 You have seen a person skilled in his work– he will take his position before kings; he will not take his position before obscure people.
- Isa 14:25 : 25 I will break Assyria in my land, I will trample them underfoot on my hills. Their yoke will be removed from my people, the burden will be lifted from their shoulders.
- Amos 5:6 : 6 Seek the LORD so you can live! Otherwise he will break out like fire against Joseph’s family; the fire will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.
- Zech 10:6 : 6 “I(says the LORD) will strengthen the kingdom of Judah and deliver the people of Joseph and will bring them back because of my compassion for them. They will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and therefore I will hear them.
- Matt 11:30 : 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”
- Deut 1:12 : 12 But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?
- Josh 18:5 : 5 Divide it into seven regions. Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and the family of Joseph in its territory in the north.
- Judg 1:22-23 : 22 Partial Success When the men of Joseph attacked Bethel, the LORD was with them. 23 When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel(it used to be called Luz),
- 2 Sam 19:20 : 20 For I, your servant, know that I sinned, and I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”
- 1 Kgs 5:16 : 16 besides 3,300 officials who supervised the workers.