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,


In Context

24 and gathereth unto himself men, and is head of a troop in David's slaying them, and they go to Damascus, and dwell in it, and reign in Damascus;

25 and he is an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, (besides the evil that Hadad did), and he cutteth off in Israel, and reigneth over Aram.

26 And Jeroboam son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda — the name of whose mother is Zeruah, a widow woman — servant to Solomon, he also lifteth up a hand against the king;

27 and 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,

28 and the man Jeroboam is mighty in valour, and Solomon seeth the young man that he is doing business, and appointeth him over all the burden of the house of Joseph.

29 And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Jeroboam hath gone out from Jerusalem, and Ahijah the Shilonite, the prophet, findeth him in the way, and he is covering himself with a new garment; and both of them are by themselves in a field,

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:27And 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.

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 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.