1 Kings 11:27
in 1 Kings 11and 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 11
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
He was a young man of talent and energy, who, having been appointed by Solomon superintendent of the engineering works projected around Jerusalem, had risen into public notice, and on being informed by a very significant act of the prophet Ahijah of the royal destiny which, by divine appointment, awaited him, his mind took a new turn.
This site's exposition
Jeroboam the son of Nebat
on 1 Kings 11:26-28
Jeroboam is introduced by tribe, town, and a widow's son's poverty, then by Solomon's own promotion of him, ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph, on the strength of his industry. The third adversary is not foreign but homegrown, raised by the king's own hand before he is raised against it. Solomon builds Millo and repairs the breaches of the city of David in these same verses, public works that will shortly be paid for in forced labor, the grievance Jeroboam's own tribe carries into chapter 12.
This site's exposition
repaired the gap in the wall
The account of the rebellion opens on a building site. Albert Barnes dates the work on the supporting terraces to about Solomon's twenty-fourth or twenty-fifth year, the season of 9:15 and 9:24. John Gill reads the building as the cause of the rebellion against the king.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Millo was probably fortified in Solomon’s twenty-fourth or twenty-fifth year.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְזֶ֣ה | vezeh | and this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| הַדָּבָ֔ר | hadavar | [is] the reason | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | why | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֵרִ֥ים | herim | he raised | H7311 → | 190 times |
| יָ֖ד | yad | a hand | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ | bamelekh | on the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹה֙ | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| בָּנָ֣ה | banah | he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּלּ֔וֹא | hamilo' | the Millo | H4407 → | 6 times |
| סָגַ֕ר | sagar | he closed up | H5462 → | 91 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פֶּ֕רֶץ | peretz | [the] breach of | H6556 → | |
| עִ֖יר | ʾir | [the] city of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| דָּוִ֥ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אָבִֽיו׃ | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
וְזֶ֣הand this
vezehH2088 →1180 times
הַדָּבָ֔ר[is] the reason
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁר־why
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הֵרִ֥יםhe raised
herimH7311 →190 times
יָ֖דa hand
yadH3027 →1618 times
בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְon the king
bamelekhH4428 →2525 times
שְׁלֹמֹה֙Solomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
בָּנָ֣הhe built
banahH1129 →376 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמִּלּ֔וֹאthe Millo
hamilo'H4407 →6 times
סָגַ֕רhe closed up
sagarH5462 →91 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
פֶּ֕רֶץ[the] breach of
peretzH6556 →
עִ֖יר[the] city of
ʾirH5892 →1090 times
דָּוִ֥דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אָבִֽיו׃father his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 5:9
So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 7:8
And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5
Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City…
- 1 Kings 3:1
Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the…
- 2 Samuel 5:9
Through
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,…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 5:13
Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
- Joshua 17:11
Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
- 1 Kings 9:24
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 5:13
Through
Proverbs 30:32If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
it leads to
- Job 21:5
Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
- Job 21:5
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About 1 Kings

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
