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1 Kings 11:27
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
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Study note
Setting — The narrator addresses the reader during Solomon’s reign, immediately after detailing Jeroboam’s background and his administrative appointment over the labor force. This verse functions as a narrative pivot, formally introducing the grounds for Jeroboam’s uprising.
The words — The Hebrew phrase הֵרִים יָד (he.Rim yad) literally means “he raised a hand,” serving as a fixed idiom for initiating rebellion. It directly links Jeroboam’s actions to a calculated political challenge against royal authority.
The thread — The text ties Jeroboam’s rebellion to Solomon’s massive building projects, echoing 1 Kings 9:15 on forced labor and 1 Kings 9:24 on the palace construction. The repaired walls of the City of David also recall 2 Samuel 5:7, where David originally captured the fortress.
Why it lands — The verse states that Solomon’s infrastructure work inadvertently created the conditions for insurrection. It demands the reader recognize how royal projects can simultaneously secure a kingdom and provoke its collapse.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 9:24 As 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.
- 1 Kings 9:15 This 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.
- 2 Samuel 5:7 Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
- 2 Samuel 20:21 That 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.”
- Nehemiah 4:7 When 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 60:2 You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.
- Proverbs 30:32 If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
- Isaiah 22:9 You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
- Isaiah 26:11 O 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 13:5 You 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.