11:26 Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s servants, rebelled against 3 the king. He was an Ephraimite 4 from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah.
1 tc Many Hebrew
2 tn Heb “the eyes of all Israel are upon you to declare to them who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him.”
3 tn Heb “raised a hand against.”
4 tn Heb “Ephrathite,” which here refers to an Ephraimite (see HALOT 81 s.v. אֶפְרַיִם).
5 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
6 tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.