1 Kings 11:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.”
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“and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and this <FI>is<Fi> the thing <FI>for<Fi> which he lifted up a hand against the king: Solomon built Millo--he shut up the breach of the city of David his father,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 11:27 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 5:7Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
- 2 Samuel 20:21That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
- 1 Kings 9:15This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
- 1 Kings 9:24As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
- Nehemiah 4:7When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,
- Psalms 60:2You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.
- Proverbs 30:32If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
- Isaiah 22:9You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
- Isaiah 26:11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
- Ezekiel 13:5You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
- Amos 9:11“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
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