Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 11:28

28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour : and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious , he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph .

Or, a man of great strength of Body, or courage of mind, or both.

Ingenious, and diligent, and active, and every way fit for business, and for command.

i. e. The Taxes and Tributes which were to be gathered of the People by his Power and Authority.

Either of Ephraim and Manasseh, who were jointly comprehended under this name, Ios. 17. 17. Or, of Ephraim onely, who elsewhere comes under that name, as 1 Chron. 5. 1. Psal. 78. 67. Ezek. 37. 16. And it seems most probable, that each Tribe had a several Ruler.

Marginal references: Heb. did work.; Heb. burden.