1 Kings 11:27
And this was the occasion + 11:27 Gr. of his lifting. of his lifting up his hands against king Solomon: now king Solomon built the citadel, he completed the fortification of the city of David his father.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
26And Jeroboam the son of Nabat, the Ephrathite of Sarira, the son of a widow, was servant of Solomon.
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:21Is not the case thus, that a man of mount Ephraim, Sabee, son of Bochori by name, has even lifted up his hand against king David? Give him only to me, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.
Psalms 60:2From the ends of the earth have I cried to you, when my heart was in trouble: you lifted me up on a rock you did guide me: 1
Isaiah 22:9And they shall uncover the secret places of the houses of the citadel of David: and they saw that they were many, and that one had turned the water of the old pool into the city;
Ezekiel 13:5They have not continued steadfast, and they have gathered flocks against the house of Israel, they that say,
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 →