John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 11:28

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour, etc.] A man of great strength of body, and fortitude of mind: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious; in what he was set about in the above buildings and repairs: he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph; the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, to be a prince or a deputy governor of them; or rather to collect the king’s tax from them, or the revenues of that part of the country, (see <202229>Proverbs 22:29).

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