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Jeroboam’s Rebellion

1 Kings 11:27

In 11 translations

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.Hebrew the Millo
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.repaired: Heb. closed
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.
LSV
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 his father David,
YLT
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,
DBY
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;
DRC
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.
GNV
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.
JPS
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.
LXXE
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.Gr. of his lifting.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְזֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁר־הֵרִ֥ים יָ֖ד בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה֙ בָּנָ֣ה אֶת־הַמִּלּ֔וֹא סָגַ֕ר אֶת־פֶּ֕רֶץ עִ֖יר דָּוִ֥ד אָבִֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ τοῦτο τὸ πρᾶγμα ὡς ἐπῇρατο χεῖρας ἐπὶ βασιλέα Σαλωμών· καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν ἄκραν, συνέκλεισε τὸν φραγμὸν τῆς πόλεως Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ.

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  • 1 Kings 9:24As 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 9:15This 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.
  • Isaiah 26:11O 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!
  • Psalms 60:2You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.
  • Isaiah 22:9You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
  • Amos 9:11“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,
  • 2 Samuel 5:7Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
  • Ezekiel 13:5You 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.
  • Nehemiah 4:7When 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,
  • Proverbs 30:32If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
  • 2 Samuel 20:21That 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…

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  • 12:24b in some Bibles
  • In some Bibles also at 12:24b.

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