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1 Kings 11:27

and this is the reason he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the opening in the wall of the city of his father David.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Jeroboam;   Millo;   Promotion;   Thompson Chain Reference - Millo;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ephraim;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kings, First and Second, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Breach;   Jeroboam;   Millo;   Solomon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Israel;   Jeroboam;   Jerusalem;   Millo;   Holman Bible Dictionary - David, City of;   Divided Kingdom;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Lift;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Jerusalem;   Millo;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam (1) ;   Millo;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Kings;   Millo;   Solomon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mil'lo;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Tribute;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jeroboam;   Millo;   Repair;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Kings, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Now this was the reason why he raised his hand against the king: Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of his father David.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now this was the reason why he rebelled against the king: Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of his father David.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But this was the cause that he lift vp his hande against the king: Solomon buylt Mello, and mended the broken places of the citie of Dauid his father.
New King James Version
And this is what caused him to rebel against the king: Solomon had built the Millo and repaired the damages to the City of David his father.
Literal Translation
And this was the thing for which he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, repairing the breaks of the city of his father David.
Easy-to-Read Version
This is the story about how Jeroboam turned against the king. Solomon was building the Millo and repairing the wall around the city of David, his father.
Revised Standard Version
And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king. Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach 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 the city of David his father.
King James Version (1611)
And this was the cause that hee lift vp his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the citie of Dauid his father.
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And this is the cause wherfore he lifte vp his hande agaynst the kynge: Whan Salomon buylded Millo, he shut vp a gappe in the cite of Dauid his father.
THE MESSAGE
This is why he rebelled. Solomon had built the outer defense system (the Millo) and had restored the fortifications that were in disrepair from the time of his father David. Jeroboam stood out during the construction as strong and able. When Solomon observed what a good worker he was, he put the young man in charge of the entire workforce of the tribe of Joseph.
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.
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;
Update Bible 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.
Webster's Bible Translation
And this [was] the cause why he raised [his] hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, [and] repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
New English Translation
This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
Contemporary English Version
Here is how it happened: While Solomon's workers were filling in the land on the east side of Jerusalem and repairing the city walls,
Complete Jewish Bible
Here is the reason he rebelled against the king: Shlomo was building the Millo and closing the breach in [the wall of] the City of David 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;
Geneva Bible (1587)
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.
George Lamsa Translation
And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against King Solomon. When Solomon built Millo and repaired the breaches of the city of David,
Amplified Bible
Now this is the reason why he rebelled against the king: Solomon built the Millo (fortification) and he repaired and closed the breach of the city of his father David.
Hebrew Names Version
This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Shlomo built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.
New Living Translation
This is the story behind his rebellion. Solomon was rebuilding the supporting terraces and repairing the walls of the city of his father, David.
New Life Bible
Now this is the reason he turned against the king. Solomon built the Millo, and built a stronger wall around the city of his father David.
New Revised Standard
The following was the reason he rebelled against the king. Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And this was the occasion of his lifting up his hands against king Solomon: now king Solomon built the citadel, he completed the fortification of the city of David his father.
English Revised Version
And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, this, was the cause that he lifted up a hand against the king, - Solomon, built Millo, he closed up of the of David his father. the breach city
Douay-Rheims Bible
And this is the cause of his rebellion against him; for Solomon built Mello, and filled up the breach of the city of David, his father.
Lexham English Bible
This is the reason that he rebelled against the king: when Solomon built the Millo, he closed the gap of the city of David his father.
English Standard Version
And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king. Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of David his father.
New American Standard Bible
Now this was the reason why he rebelled against the king: Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of his father David.
New Century Version
This is the story of how Jeroboam turned against the king. Solomon was filling in the land and repairing the wall of Jerusalem, the city of David, his father.
Good News Translation
This is the story of the revolt. Solomon was filling in the land on the east side of Jerusalem and repairing the city walls.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And this was cause of rebelte ayens the kyng; for Salomon bildide Mello, and made euene the swolowe of the citee of Dauid, his fadir.
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,

Contextual Overview

26 Now Solomon's servant, Jeroboam son of Nebat, was an Ephraimite from Zeredah. His widowed mother's name was Zeruah. Jeroboam rebelled against Solomon, 27 and this is the reason he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the opening in the wall of the city of his father David. 28 Now the man Jeroboam was capable, and Solomon noticed the young man because he was getting things done. So he appointed him over the entire labor force of the house of Joseph. 29 During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as Jeroboam came out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself with a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field. 30 Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he had on, tore it into 12 pieces, 31 and said to Jeroboam, "Take 10 pieces for yourself, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I am about to tear the kingdom out of Solomon's hand. I will give you 10 tribes, 32 but one tribe will remain his because of my servant David and because of Jerusalem, the city I chose out of all the tribes of Israel. 33 For they have abandoned Me; they have bowed the knee to Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My eyes and to carry out My statutes and My judgments as his father David did. 34 "‘However, I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand but will let him be ruler all the days of his life because of My servant David, whom I chose and who kept My commands and My statutes. 35 I will take 10 tribes of the kingdom from his son's hand and give them to you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lifted up: 2 Samuel 20:21, Proverbs 30:32, Isaiah 26:11

Solomon: 1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 9:24

repaired: Heb. closed, Amos 9:11

the breaches: Nehemiah 4:7, Psalms 60:2, Isaiah 22:9, Ezekiel 13:5

the city: 2 Samuel 5:7

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 5:9 - Millo 2 Kings 12:5 - let them repair 2 Kings 12:20 - the house of Millo 1 Chronicles 11:8 - Millo 2 Chronicles 32:5 - Millo

Cross-References

Genesis 11:1
At one time the whole earth had the same language and vocabulary.
Genesis 11:11
After he fathered Arpachshad, Shem lived 500 years and fathered other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:29
Abram and Nahor took wives: Abram's wife was named Sarai, and Nahor's wife was named Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
Genesis 11:31
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
Genesis 12:4
So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.
Genesis 14:12
They also took Abram's nephew Lot and his possessions, for he was living in Sodom, and they went on.
2 Peter 2:7
and if He rescued righteous Lot, distressed by the unrestrained behavior of the immoral

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king,.... The occasion of it, his being advanced to some posts under Solomon, which elated him, and what passed between him and the prophet Ahijah, after related:

Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father: in the oversight of which, it is supposed by the Jews, he employed this man, who reproached him for doing these works; building an house in Millo for Pharaoh's daughter, and stopping up the passage to the city of David, and the people's access thither upon occasion.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Millo was probably fortified in Solomon’s twenty-fourth or twenty-fifth year.


 
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