27And this is the cause of his rebellion against him, for Solomon built Mello, and filled up the breach of the city of David his father.


In Context

24 And he gathered men against him, and he became a captain of robbers, when David slew them of Soba: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt there, and they made him king in Damascus.

25 And he was an adversary to Israel, all the days of Solomon: and this is the evil of Adad, and his hatred against Israel, and he reigned in Syria.

26 Jeroboam also the son of Nabat an Ephrathite of Sareda, a servant of Solomon, whose mother was named Sarua, a widow woman, lifted up his hand against the king.

27 And this is the cause of his rebellion against him, for Solomon built Mello, and filled up the breach of the city of David his father.

28 And Jeroboam was a valiant and mighty man: and Solomon seeing him a young man ingenious and industrious, made him chief over the tributes of all the house of Joseph.

29 So it came to paste at that time, that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, and the prophet Ahias the Silonite, clad with a new garment, found him in the way: and they two were alone in the held.

1 Kings 11:27 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:27Here is the account of how he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the supporting terraces and had filled in the gap in the wall of the city of David his father.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:27And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:27And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:27And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon was building Millo, and closing the breach of the city of David his father;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:27And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:27And this was the cause why he raised his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:27This 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:27and this is the thing for which he lifted up a hand against the king: Solomon built Millo — he shut up the breach of the city of David his father,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:27And 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.