"And Jeroboam was a man of valor, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious he gave him charge over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph." — Solomon *recognizes Jeroboam's competence* (*ki-hayah ish-chayil*) and *appoints him to oversee* the *forced labor* of the *Ephraimite tribes*. The *appointment* paradoxically *places Jeroboam in position to lead revolt*, as he *directly administers* the *burdensome labor system*.

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