1 Kings 11:26

11:26 Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s servants, rebelled against ¹  the king. He was an Ephraimite ²  from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah.

1 Kings 11:28

11:28 Jeroboam was a talented man; ³  when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe ⁴  of Joseph.

1 Kings 11:40

11:40 Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. ⁵  He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.

1 Kings 12:2

12:2 ⁶  When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. ⁷ 

[11:26]  ¹ tn Heb “raised a hand against.”

[11:26]  ² tn Heb “Ephrathite,” which here refers to an Ephraimite (see HALOT 81 s.v. אֶפְרַיִם).

[11:28]  ³ tn Heb “man of strength.”

[11:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[11:40]  ⁵ tn Heb “but Jeroboam arose and ran away to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt.”

[12:2]  ⁶ tc Verse 2 is not included in the Old Greek translation. See the note on 11:43.

[12:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and Jeroboam lived in Egypt.” The parallel text in 2 Chr 10:2 reads, “and Jeroboam returned from Egypt.” In a purely consonantal text the forms “and he lived” and “and he returned” are identical (וישׁב).