1 Kings 11:28

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour [same expression 6:12 ; 11:1 ; 1 Samuel 9:1 ; 2 Kings 15:20 . In Ruth if. 1 it hardly seems to imply valour so much as wealth (as A.V.): and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious [Heb. doing fwork ] , he made him ruler over all the charge [Heb. appointed him to all the burden ] of the house of Joseph. [The tribe of Ephraim, with its constant envy of Judah, must have been mortified to find themselves employed—though it was but in the modified service of Israelites—on the fortifications of Jerusalem. Their murmurings revealed to Jeroboam the unpopularity of Solomon, and perhaps suggested thoughts of overt rebellion to his mind.]