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 work for kings, not unimportant people.
He made
1 Kings 5:16
Solomon also employed 3,300 officials to supervise the work and to manage the people employed in the construction.
Charge
Deuteronomy 1:12
How can I bear the burden of you and your bickering all by myself?
Isaiah 14:25
to crush the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will turn away from you, and his burden from your shoulders."
Matthew 11:30
because my yoke is pleasant, and my burden is light."
The house
Joshua 18:5
They'll divide it seven ways. Judah will stay in its territory on the south and the house of Joseph will remain in its territory on the north.
Judges 1:22
Then the army of the tribe of Joseph attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
2 Samuel 19:20
because your servant knows that I have sinned, but today I have come here as the first one from the entire house of Joseph to meet your majesty the king."
Amos 5:6
"Seek the LORD and live! Otherwise, he may break out like a fire in the house of Joseph and devour Bethel, and there will be no one to extinguish it.
Zechariah 10:6
"I will fortify the house of Judah, and the house of Joseph I will save. I will surely bring them back, because I care about them. They will be as if I had never cast them away. Since I am the LORD their God, I will answer them.