1 Kings 11:27 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
1 Kings 11:27 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 11:27 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 11:27 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of his father David’s city.”
1 Kings 11:27 — World English Bible
1 Kings 11:27 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
1 Kings 11:27 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 11:27 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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,”
1 Kings 11:27 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 11:27 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon was building Millo, and closing the breach of the city of David his father;”
1 Kings 11:27 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 11:27 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And this was the cause that he lift vp his hande against the King, When Salomon built Millo, he repared the broken places of the citie of Dauid his father.”
1 Kings 11:27 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 11:27 in Context — 1 Kings 11
25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
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 the house of Joseph.
29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
What Does 1 Kings 11:27 Mean?
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