1 Kings 11:27
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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2 Samuel 20:21The matter is not so, but a man of mount Ephraim, Seba the son of Bochri by name, hath lifted up his hand against king David: deliver him only, and we will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab: Behold his head shall be thrown to thee from the wall.
1 Kings 9:24And the daughter of Pharao came up out of the city of David to her house, which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Mello.
Psalms 60:2when he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal and Joab returned and slew of Edom, in the vale of the saltpits, twelve thousand men.
Isaiah 22:9And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,
Ezekiel 13:5You have not gone up to face the enemy, nor have you set up a wall for the house of Israel, to stand in battle in the day of the 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 →