1 Kings 11:27 “and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had…”

1 Kings 11:27

and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.

World English Bible

This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of his father David’s city.

American Standard Version

And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.

Geneva Bible 1599

And this was the cause that he lift vp his hande against the King, When Salomon built Millo, he repared the broken places of the citie of Dauid his father.

Darby Translation

And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon was building Millo, and closing the breach of the city of David his father;

Young's Literal Translation

and this [is] the thing [for] which he lifted up a hand against the king: Solomon built Millo — he shut up the breach of the city of David his father,

Bible in Basic English

The way in which his hand came to be lifted up against the king was this: Solomon was building the Millo and making good the damaged parts of the town of his father David;

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Cross references

“lifted up”

2 Samuel 20:21 Proverbs 30:32 Isaiah 26:11

2 Samuel 20:21 · BSB

That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman…

Proverbs 30:32 · BSB

If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

Isaiah 26:11 · BSB

O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!

“Solomon”

1 Kings 9:24 1 Kings 9:15

1 Kings 9:24 · BSB

As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.

1 Kings 9:15 · BSB

This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

“repaired”

Amos 9:11

Amos 9:11 · BSB

“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,

“the breaches”

Nehemiah 4:7 Psalm 60:2 Isaiah 22:9 Ezekiel 13:5

Nehemiah 4:7 · BSB

When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,

Psalm 60:2 · BSB

You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.

Isaiah 22:9 · BSB

You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

Ezekiel 13:5 · BSB

You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.

“the city”

2 Samuel 5:7

2 Samuel 5:7 · BSB

Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

26Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,

28Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.

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