1 Kings 11:27

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This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David.

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  • 1 Kgs 9:24 : 24 Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the City of David to the palace Solomon built for her.
  • 1 Kgs 9:15 : 15 Here are the details concerning the work crews King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
  • 2 Sam 5:7 : 7 But David captured the fortress of Zion(that is, the City of David).
  • 2 Sam 20:21 : 21 That’s not the way things are. There is a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Sheba son of Bicri. He has rebelled against King David. Give me just this one man, and I will leave the city.” The woman said to Joab,“This very minute his head will be thrown over the wall to you!”
  • Neh 4:7 : 7 (4:1) When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem had moved ahead and that the breaches had begun to be closed, they were very angry.
  • Ps 60:2 : 2 You made the earth quake; you split it open. Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall.
  • Prov 30:32 : 32 If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!
  • Isa 22:9 : 9 You saw the many breaks in the walls of the City of David; you stored up water in the lower pool.
  • Isa 26:11 : 11 O LORD, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.
  • Ezek 13:5 : 5 You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the LORD.
  • Amos 9:11 : 11 The Restoration of the Davidic Dynasty“In that day I will rebuild the collapsing hut of David. I will seal its gaps, repair its ruins, and restore it to what it was like in days gone by.

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  • 1 Kgs 11:25-26
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    25He was Israel’s enemy throughout Solomon’s reign and, like Hadad, caused trouble. He loathed Israel and ruled over Syria.

    26Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s servants, rebelled against the king. He was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
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    15Here are the details concerning the work crews King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Kgs 9:24
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    24Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the City of David to the palace Solomon built for her.

  • 1 Kgs 11:28
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    28Jeroboam was a talented man; when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe of Joseph.

  • 1 Chr 11:8
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    8He built up the city around it, from the terrace to the surrounding walls; Joab restored the rest of the city.

  • 2 Chr 32:5
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    5Hezekiah energetically rebuilt every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, and fortified the terrace of the City of David. He made many weapons and shields.

  • 2 Chr 13:6-8
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    6Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.

    7Lawless good-for-nothing men gathered around him and conspired against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man and could not resist them.

    8Now you are declaring that you will resist the LORD’s rule through the Davidic dynasty. You have a huge army, and bring with you the gold calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

  • 1 Kgs 11:40-41
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    40Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.

    41Solomon’s Reign Ends The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his wise decisions, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 11:10-14
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    10and had warned him about this very thing, so that he would not follow other gods. But he did not obey the LORD’s command.

    11So the LORD said to Solomon,“Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

    12However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead.

    13But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”

    14The LORD brought against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.

  • 2 Chr 8:1-2
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    1Building Projects and Commercial Efforts After twenty years, during which Solomon built the LORD’s temple and his royal palace,

    2Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him and settled Israelites there.

  • 1 Kgs 12:25-27
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    25Jeroboam Makes Golden Calves Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.

    26Jeroboam then thought to himself:“Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom.

    27If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem, their loyalty could shift to their former master, King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

  • 1 Kgs 11:6-7
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    6Solomon did evil in the LORD’s sight; he did not remain loyal to the LORD, like his father David had.

    7Furthermore, on the hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.

  • 2 Chr 27:3-4
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    3He built the Upper Gate to the LORD’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel.

    4He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

  • 1 Kgs 5:13
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    13King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.

  • 1 Kgs 2:25
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    25King Solomon then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
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    1The Building of the Temple Solomon began building the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
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    1Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple(1:18) Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the LORD, as well as a royal palace for himself.

  • 1 Kgs 2:46
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    46The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom.

  • 2 Sam 5:9
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    9So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.

  • 2 Chr 11:5
    67%

    5Rehoboam’s Reign Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem; he built up these fortified cities throughout Judah:

  • 2 Chr 10:2
    66%

    2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon. Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 22:6
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    6He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:31
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    31Then he told Jeroboam,“Take ten pieces, for this is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.

  • 2 Chr 11:3
    66%

    3“Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
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    10Foreign Affairs and Building Projects After twenty years, during which Solomon built the LORD’s temple and the royal palace,

  • 2 Kgs 14:22
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    22Azariah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king had passed away.

  • 1 Kgs 9:17
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    17Solomon built up Gezer, lower Beth Horon,

  • 2 Kgs 23:13
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    13The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Destruction, that King Solomon of Israel had built for the detestable Sidonian goddess Astarte, the detestable Moabite god Chemosh, and the horrible Ammonite god Milcom.

  • 1 Kgs 12:2
    66%

    2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

  • 1 Kgs 2:23
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    23King Solomon then swore an oath by the LORD,“May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!

  • 2 Chr 33:14
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    14After this Manasseh built up the outer wall of the City of David on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 13:4
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    4When the king heard the prophet’s message that he had cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam took his hand from the altar and pointed it saying,“Seize him!” Then the hand that he had pointed at him stiffened up and he could not pull it back.

  • 1 Kgs 5:2
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    2Solomon then sent this message to Hiram:

  • 2 Kgs 12:20
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    20His servants conspired against him and murdered Joash at Beth-Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.

  • 1 Kgs 11:43
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    43Then Solomon passed away and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.

  • 2 Chr 10:15
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    15The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11
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    11The LORD’s message came to Solomon: