Jeroboam Rebels Against Solomon

²⁶ Also, Jeroboam son of Nebat rebelled^(A) against the king. He was one of Solomon’s officials, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, and his mother was a widow named Zeruah.

²⁷ Here is the account of how he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the terraces^[a](B) and had filled in the gap in the wall of the city of David his father. ²⁸ Now Jeroboam was a man of standing,^(C) and when Solomon saw how well^(D) the young man did his work, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the tribes of Joseph.