Verse 28

The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:29 : 29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.
  • Isa 14:25 : 25 that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and tread him under foot on my mountains. Then his yoke will leave them, and his burden leave their shoulders.
  • Amos 5:6 : 6 Seek Yahweh, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
  • Zech 10:6 : 6 "I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy on them; and they will be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Yahweh their God, and I 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 encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
  • Josh 18:5 : 5 They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.
  • Judg 1:22-23 : 22 The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh was with them. 23 The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
  • 2 Sam 19:20 : 20 For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore, behold, I have come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king."
  • 1 Kgs 5:16 : 16 besides Solomon's chief officers who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who bore rule over the people who labored in the work.