1 Kings 11:26-28

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. 11:27 This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: ³  Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David. ⁴  11:28 Jeroboam was a talented man; ⁵  when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe ⁶  of Joseph.

[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).

[11:27]  ³ tn Heb “this is the matter concerning which he raised a hand against the king.”

[11:27]  ⁴ sn The city of his father David. The phrase refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[11:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “man of strength.”

[11:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “house.”