And this is the cause of his rebellion against him; for Solomon built Mello, and filled up the breach of the city of David, his father.

And this is the cause of his rebellion against him; for Solomon built Mello, and filled up the breach of the city of David, his father.

lifted up

2 Samuel 20:21 The matter is not so, but a man of mount Ephraim, Seba the son of Bochri by name, hath lifted up his hand against king David: deliver him only, and we will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab: Behold his head shall be thrown to thee from the wall.

Proverbs 30:32 There is that hath appeared a fool after he was lifted up on high: for if he had understood, he would have laid his hand upon his mouth.

Isaiah 26:11 Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and let them not see: let the envious people see, and be confounded: and let fire devour thy enemies.

Solomon

1 Kings 9:15,24 This is the sum of the expenses, which king Solomon offered to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Mello, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Heser, and Mageddo, and Gazer. . . .

repaired [heb] closed

Amos 9:11 All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us.

the breaches

Nehemiah 4:7 And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry.

Psalm 60:2 Thou hast moved the earth, and hast troubled it: heal thou the breaches thereof, for it has been moved.

Isaiah 22:9 And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,

Ezekiel 13:5 You have not gone up to face the enemy, nor have you set up a wall for the house of Israel, to stand in battle in the day of the Lord.

the city

2 Samuel 5:7 But David took the castle of Sion, the same is the city of David.