1 Kings 11:26-35
And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.
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Jeroboam
... the front, though an exile and a slave, for he ... to retain his services, but because
his promotion is right ... position, which may often be won, as Jeroboam won it ...
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Funeral Oration on the Great S. Basil, Bishop of Cæsarea in ...
... For promotion depends not upon virtue, but upon villany; and the sacred thrones ... Solomon,
is among the kings, but so also is Jeroboam, the slave and apostate ...
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Promotion: Jeroboam, from a Slave to the Throne

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