1 Kings 11:27
25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
26 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.
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.
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.
29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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;
- BLB
- And this [is] the thing [for] which he lifted up a hand against the king: Solomon had built the Millo [and] he had closed up the breach of the city of David his father.
- ÅB
- Og slik gikk det til at han reiste seg mot kongen: Salomo bygget på Millo - han ville lukke det åpne sted i sin far Davids stad.
- OTB
- Dette var grunnen til at han løftet sin hånd mot kongen: Salomo bygde Millo og lukket gapet i byen til sin far David.
- B1930
- Og således gikk det til at han reiste sig mot kongen: Salomo bygget på Millo - han vilde lukke det åpne sted i sin far Davids stad.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 9:24
But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
Read in context1 Kings 9:15
And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
Read in context2 Samuel 5:7
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
Read in context2 Samuel 20:21
The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
Read in contextAmos 9:11
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
Read in contextIsaiah 26:11
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
Read in contextNehemiah 4:7
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Read in contextProverbs 30:32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
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