1 Kings 11:27
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.
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2 Samuel 20:21The matter is not so, but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to
1 Kings 9:24But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which [Solomon] had built for her. Then he built Millo.
Psalms 60:2Thou have made the land to tremble. Thou have torn it. Heal the breaking of it, for it shakes.
Isaiah 22:9And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many. And to fortify the wall, ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool,
Ezekiel 13:5Ye have not gone up into the gaps, nor built up the wall for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of LORD.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 11:27-41
Jeroboam's Promotion Foretold. ( b. c. 977.) 26 And 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. 27 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. 28 And 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… Read the whole commentary →