1 Kings 11:26-28

Expanded Bible

²⁶ Jeroboam son of Nebat was one of Solomon’s ·officers [^Lservants]. He was an Ephraimite from the town of Zeredah, and he was the son of a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam ·turned [rebelled] against the king.

²⁷ This is the ·story [account] of how Jeroboam turned against the king. Solomon was ·filling in the land [building the terraces/Millo; 9:15] and ·repairing [^Lclosed the gap/breach in] the wall of Jerusalem, the city of David, his father. ²⁸ Jeroboam was a ·capable [energetic] man, and Solomon saw that this young man was ·a good worker [industrious]. So Solomon put him over all the ·workers [labor force; or forced labor] from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.