²⁸ The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon, seeing that the young man was ^(A)industrious, made him the officer over all the labor force of the house of Joseph.

²⁰ Now it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all ^(A)Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah ^(B)only.