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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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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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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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.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 11:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 9:24 But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of David’s city to her house which Solomon had built for her. Then he built Millo.
- 1 Kings 9:15 This is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build Yahweh’s house, his own house, Millo, Jerusalem’s wall, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
- 2 Samuel 5:7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. This is David’s city.
- 2 Samuel 20:21 The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Just deliver him, and I will depart from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
- Nehemiah 4:7 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry;
- Psalms 60:2 You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes.
- Proverbs 30:32 “If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.
- Isaiah 22:9 You saw the breaches of David’s city, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
- Isaiah 26:11 Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
- Ezekiel 13:5 You have not gone up into the gaps or built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in Yahweh’s day.
- Amos 9:11 In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen, and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 11:27 And this [was] the cause that he…
1Ki 11:27 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.
Ver. 27. And this was the cause that he lifted up.] Vatablus readeth it thus, And this was the word whereby he lifted up his hand; that is, made way to his open rebellion afterwards. Solomon buildeth Millo, &c., and so putteth the people to an excessive charge and pains; and repaireth the breaches &c., which his father, though wise enough and able enough, never did.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of…
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour,.... A man of great strength of body, and fortitude of mind:
and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious; in what he was set about in the above buildings and repairs:
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he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph; the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, to be a prince or a deputy governor of them; or rather to collect the king's tax from them, or the revenues of that part of the country, see Pro 22:29.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Millo was probably fortified in Solomon’s twenty-fourth or twenty-fifth…
Millo was probably fortified in Solomon’s twenty-fourth or twenty-fifth year.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 27. Breaches — Rents in the walls, made by…
27. Breaches — Rents in the walls, made by time and storms. It was while Solomon was repairing the walls and fortifications of Jerusalem, as noticed in 1Ki_9:15, (where see note,) that Jeroboam showed his superior abilities, and was promoted by the king. 28.
A mighty man of valour — An able and efficient workman.
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Charge of the house of Joseph — That is, of the levy of men from the Ephraimites who were descendants of Joseph, and sometimes thus called by their father’s name. The charge or burden of this tribe here means the labour they were required to perform in building Millo and repairing the walls of the city. This tribe was of course called on for its quota of men in the levy which Solomon raised, (1Ki_5:13; 1Ki_9:15,) and Jeroboam was at first among the labourers — perhaps an under officer; but at length, on account of his marked ability, was made overseer of all the workmen of his tribe.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 27. Millo] Read the Millo. See above on 1Ki_9:15.
27. Millo] Read the Millo. See above on 1Ki_9:15.
and repaired the breaches of the city of David] The verb signifies ‘to close up’ and the noun is in the singular. Hence ‘to close up the breach’ has been thought to mean the building a wall across the valley between Zion and Moriah, and so making the ravine between these mountains inclosed within the walls. This valley was known at a later time as the Tyropœon. This makes the statement harmonize with 1Ki_9:15, where Solomon’s object is said to have been ‘to build the walls of Jerusalem.’
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (27) Solomon built Millo.—See 1Ki_9:15; 1Ki_9:24. This was apparently…
(27) Solomon built Millo.—See 1Ki_9:15; 1Ki_9:24. This was apparently after he had built the Temple and the palace, some twenty years after his accession, when the delight in magnificence of building apparently grew upon him, and with it the burdens of the people.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And this was the cause or, this is the…
And this was the cause or, this is the account; this is how it came about. Same words Jos_5:4, and 1Ki_9:15. We have here a long parenthesis, explaining the origin, etc., of Jeroboam"s disaffection that he lifted up his hand Heb. a hand against the king. Solomon built Millo, (see on 1Ki_9:15) and repaired the breaches These words convey the impression that Solomon renewed the decayed or destroyed parts of the wall. But
(1) rgs does not mean repair, except indirectly. It means he closed, shut. And
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(2) rP sing, refers to one breach or opening. Moreover
(3) it was not so long since the wall was built. (2Sa_5:9) It could hardly, therefore, have decayed, and there had been no siege to cause a breach. We must understand the word, consequently, not of a part broken down, but of a portion unbuilt. We have elsewhere suggested that this was the breach in the line of circumvallation, caused by the Tyropsson valley, and that the Millo was the bank, or rampart which closed it. And to this view the words of the text lend some confirmation of the city of David his father. As Millo was built about the 25th year of Solomon"s reign (ch. 9:15), we are enabled to fix approximately the date of Jeroboam"s rebellion. It was apparently about ten or twelve years before Solomon"s death.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 11:27-28 Solomon noted the work ethic of Jeroboam during…
11:27-28 Solomon noted the work ethic of Jeroboam during the repair of the city’s structures and put him in charge. Jeroboam’s status among the laborers may have made him aware of brewing discontent in northern sections of Solomon’s kingdom. Jeroboam showed leadership on this occasion, as well as during the empire’s division and reorganization of the northern tribes (12:12-19, 25-33). Unfortunately, he did not always use his abilities wisely and later proved unfaithful to the Lord (12:25–13:10; 14:14-16; 2 Kgs 17:21-23).
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