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1 Kings 11:27

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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.

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1 Kings 11:27 in other translations

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.

1 Kings 11:27 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 11:27 in context

  1. 25He was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, in addition to the mischief of Hadad. He abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
  2. 26Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, also lifted up his hand against the king.
  3. 27This 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.
  4. 28The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.
  5. 29At that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the way. Now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and the two of them were alone in the field.