F I R S T K I N G S CHAP. XI. This chapter begins with as melancholy a "but" as almost any we find in all the Bible. Hitherto we have read nothing of Solomon but what was great and good; but the lustre both of his goodness and…
KJVAnd 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.
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4 additional translationsAnd 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.
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.
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,
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;
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Old Testament1 Kings — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).