1 Kings 11:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

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; for to build the house of the LORD, 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 strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
2 Sam 20:21 : 21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount 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 walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Ps 60:2 : 2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble{H8689)}; thou hast broken{H8804)} it: heal{H8798)} the breaches thereof; for it shaketh{H8804)}.
Prov 30:32 : 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
Isa 22:9 : 9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
Isa 26:11 : 11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
Ezek 13:5 : 5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
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 his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Kgs 11:25-26
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25And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
26And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.
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15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, 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 valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
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2 Chr 32:5
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6Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
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1 Kgs 11:40-41
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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 the LORD commanded.
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2 Kgs 23:13
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1 Kgs 12:2
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1 Kgs 2:23
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2 Chr 33:14
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1 Kgs 13:4
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4And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he 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 pull it in again to him.
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2And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
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