Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

Was industrious

He made

Bible References

Was industrious

Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand in the presence of kings.
He will not stand in the presence of unknown men.


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He made

1 Kings 5:16
not including his 3,300 deputies in charge of the work. They ruled over the people doing the work.

Charge

Deuteronomy 1:12
But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes by myself?
Isaiah 14:25
I will break Assyria in My land;
I will tread him down on My mountain.
Then his yoke will be taken from them,
and his burden will be removed from their shoulders.
Matthew 11:30
For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

The house

Joshua 18:5
Then they are to divide it into seven portions. Judah is to remain in its territory in the south and Joseph’s family in their territory in the north.
Judges 1:22
The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
2 Samuel 19:20
For your servant knows that I have sinned. But look! Today I am the first one of the entire house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”
Amos 5:6
Seek Yahweh and live,
or He will spread like fire
throughout the house of Joseph;
it will consume everything,
with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
Zechariah 10:6
I will strengthen the house of Judah
and deliver the house of Joseph.
I will restore them
because I have compassion on them,
and they will be
as though I had never rejected them.
For I am Yahweh their God,
and I will answer them.

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