1 Kings 11:27
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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.

Context
Jeroboam's Rebellion
26Jeroboam also, the son of Nabat, an Ephrathite, of Sareda, a servant of Solomon, whose mother was named Sarua, a widow woman, lifted up his hand against the king. 27And 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.28And Jeroboam was a valiant and mighty man: and Solomon seeing him a young man ingenious and industrious, made him chief over the tributes of all the house of Joseph.…
Cross References
1 Kings 9:15
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.

1 Kings 9:24
And the daughter of Pharao came up out of the city of David to her house, which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Mello.

2 Kings 12:20
And his servants arose, and conspired among themselves, and slew Joas, in the house of Mello, in the descent of Sella.

Lexicon
and this
וְזֶ֣ה (wə·zeh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

is the account
הַדָּבָ֔ר (had·dā·ḇār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of his rebellion
הֵרִ֥ים (hê·rîm)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

against the king.
בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ (bam·me·leḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

Solomon
שְׁלֹמֹה֙ (šə·lō·mōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

had built
בָּנָ֣ה (bā·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

the supporting terraces
הַמִּלּ֔וֹא (ham·mil·lō·w)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4407: Millo -- a rampart, the citadel

and repaired
סָגַ֕ר (sā·ḡar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5462: To shut up, to surrender

the gap in the wall
פֶּ֕רֶץ (pe·reṣ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6556: A bursting forth, breach

of the city
עִ֖יר (‘îr)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

of his father
אָבִֽיו׃ (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

David.
דָּוִ֥ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse


Additional Translations
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.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.

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.

And this was the occasion of his lifting up his hands against king Solomon: now king Solomon built the citadel, he completed the fortification of the city of David his father.

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;

And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.

And this was the cause why he raised his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.

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.

and this is the thing for which he lifted up a hand against the king: Solomon built Millo -- he shut up the breach of the city of David his father,
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