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1 Kings 11

1 Kings 11:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And this was the cause
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
that he lifted up
ruwm (Hebrew #7311)
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-)loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
Pronounce: room
Origin: a primitive root
his hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
against the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
: Solomon
Shlomoh (Hebrew #8010)
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor
KJV usage: Solomon.
Pronounce: shel-o-mo'
Origin: from 7965
built
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
Millo
millow' (Hebrew #4407)
from 4390; a rampart (as filled in), i.e. the citadel
KJV usage: Millo. See also 1037.
Pronounce: mil-lo'
Origin: or mil-loe (2 Kings 12:20) {mil-lo'}
k, and λrepaired
cagar (Hebrew #5462)
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
KJV usage: close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, X pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, X straitly.
Pronounce: saw-gar'
Origin: a primitive root
the breaches
perets (Hebrew #6556)
a break (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: breach, breaking forth (in), X forth, gap.
Pronounce: peh'-rets
Origin: from 6555
of the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
his father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
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1 Kings 9:24• 24But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which he had built for her: then he built Millo. (1 Kings 9:24)
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closed.

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Breaches,
City of David,
Father,
Jeroboam I,
King,
Millo,
Solomon

Cross References

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lifted up.
2 Sam. 20:21• 21The matter is not so; but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David: give up him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. (2 Sam. 20:21)
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Prov. 30:32• 32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay the hand upon thy mouth. (Prov. 30:32)
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Isa. 26:11• 11Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, but they do not see: yet they shall see thy jealousy for the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine adversaries shall devour them. (Isa. 26:11)
Solomon.
1 Kings 9:15,24• 15And this is the account of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
 24But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which he had built for her: then he built Millo. (1 Kings 9:15,24)
repaired.
Heb. closed.
Amos 9:11• 11In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David which is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: (Amos 9:11)
the breaches.
Neh. 4:7• 7And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being repaired, that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, (Neh. 4:7)
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Psa. 60:2• 2Thou hast made the earth to tremble, thou hast rent it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. (Psa. 60:2)
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Isa. 22:9• 9and ye have seen the breaches of the city of David, that they are many; and ye have gathered together the waters of the lower pool; (Isa. 22:9)
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Ezek. 13:5• 5Ye have not gone up into the breaches, nor made up the fence for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah. (Ezek. 13:5)
the city.
2 Sam. 5:7• 7But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David. (2 Sam. 5:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon was building Millo, and closing the breachb of the city of David his father;

JND Translation Notes

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* Probably the ravine between Zion and Ophel -- to complete the fortifications of Jerusalem.