Jeroboam’s Rebellion

²⁶ Then Solomon’s servant, ^(A)Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zereda, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, ^(B)also ^(C)rebelled against the king.

⁶ Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and ^(A)rebelled against his lord.

² So it happened, when ^(A)Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was still in ^(B)Egypt, for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt),

²⁸ The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon, seeing that the young man was ^(A)industrious, made him the officer over all the labor force of the house of Joseph.

¹¹ Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you have done this, and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, ^(A)I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your ^(B)servant.

²¹ That is not so. But a man from the mountains of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has raised his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.”

So the woman said to Joab, “Watch, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”

The Family of Elkanah

1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the ^(A)mountains of Ephraim, and his name was ^(B)Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of ^[a]Elihu, the son of ^[b]Tohu, the son of Zuph, ^(C)an Ephraimite.

¹⁹ When Azubah died, Caleb ^[a]took ^(A)Ephrath^[b] as his wife, who bore him Hur.

²² I will make your house like the house of ^(A)Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of ^(B)Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger, and made Israel sin.’

³ surely I will ^(A)take^[a] away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and I will make your house like ^(B)the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.