1 Kings 11:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁר־הֵרִ֥ים יָ֖ד בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה֙ בָּנָ֣ה אֶת־הַמִּלּ֔וֹא סָגַ֕ר אֶת־פֶּ֕רֶץ עִ֖יר דָּוִ֥ד אָבִֽיו׃

Transliteration

And this the davar that-herim yad against the melekh: Shelomoh banah et-the Millo, sagar et-peretz ir David his aviv.

Grammar Details

*davar*: noun, masculine singular - matter/word/thing
*herim*: Hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - he raised
*yad*: noun, feminine singular - hand
*melekh*: noun, masculine singular - king
*Shelomoh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Solomon
*banah*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he built
*et*: direct object marker
*Millo*: proper noun - Millo (architectural structure)
*sagar*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he closed
*peretz*: noun, masculine singular - breach/gap
*ir*: noun, feminine singular construct - city of
*David*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
*aviv*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his father

Word Meanings

*davar*: matter/word/thing/cause
*herim*: raised/lifted/rebelled with
*yad*: hand [idiom for rebellion]
*banah*: built/constructed
*Millo*: earthwork/supporting terraces (architectural term)
*sagar*: closed/shut up/repaired
*peretz*: breach/gap/broken section

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 9:24 : 24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which [Solomon] had built for her: then did he build Millo.
1 Kgs 9:15 : 15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
2 Sam 5:7 : 7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
2 Sam 20:21 : 21 The matter is not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
Neh 4:7 : 7 But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth;
Ps 60:2 : 2 Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Prov 30:32 : 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.
Isa 22:9 : 9 And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool;
Isa 26:11 : 11 Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see [thy] zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
Ezek 13:5 : 5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah.
Amos 9:11 : 11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Kgs 11:25-26
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25And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad [did]: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
26And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, he also lifted up his hand against the king.
1 Kgs 9:15
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15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
1 Kgs 9:24
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24But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which [Solomon] had built for her: then did he build Millo.
1 Kgs 11:28
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28And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.
1 Chr 11:8
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8And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
2 Chr 32:5
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5And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
2 Chr 13:6-8
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6Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord.
7And there were gathered unto him worthless men, base fellows, that strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them.
8And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods.
1 Kgs 11:40-41
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71%
40Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
41Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
1 Kgs 11:10-14
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10and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which Jehovah commanded.
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12Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
13Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
14And Jehovah raised up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
2 Chr 8:1-2
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69%
1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,
2that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
1 Kgs 12:25-27
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25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and he went out from thence, and built Penuel.
26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return to the house of David:
27if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.
1 Kgs 11:6-7
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6And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father.
7Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
2 Chr 27:3-4
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3He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
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1 Kgs 5:13
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13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
1 Kgs 2:25
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25And king Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, so that he died.
2 Chr 3:1
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1Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where [Jehovah] appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 Chr 2:1
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1Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
1 Kgs 2:46
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46So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell upon him, so that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
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2 Chr 11:5
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2 Chr 10:2
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2And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon,) that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
1 Chr 22:6
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6Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for Jehovah, the God of Israel.
1 Kgs 11:31
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31And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces; for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee
2 Chr 11:3
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3Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
1 Kgs 9:10
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10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house
2 Kgs 14:22
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22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
1 Kgs 9:17
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17And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
2 Kgs 23:13
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13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
1 Kgs 12:2
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2And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt,
1 Kgs 2:23
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23Then king Solomon sware by Jehovah, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah hath not spoken this word against his own life.
2 Chr 33:14
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14Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about [with it], and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.
1 Kgs 13:4
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4And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him.
1 Kgs 5:2
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2And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
2 Kgs 12:20
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20And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, [on the way] that goeth down to Silla.
1 Kgs 11:43
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43And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 10:15
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1 Kgs 6:11
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11And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying,