1 Wafalme 11 : 28 1st Kings chapter 11 verse 28

Na huyo Yeroboamu alikuwa mtu hodari, shujaa; Sulemani akaona ya kuwa kijana huyo ni mtu mwenye bidii, akamweka juu ya kazi yote ya nyumba ya Yusufu.
soma Mlango wa 11

The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.