And this was the cause
dabar (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
that he lifted up
ruwm (room)
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
his hand
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
against the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
Solomon
Shlomoh (shel-o-mo')
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor -- Solomon.
built
banah (baw-naw')
to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely.
Millo
millow' (mil-lo')
a rampart (as filled in), i.e. the citadel -- Millo.
and repaired
cagar (saw-gar')
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender -- close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, straitly.
the breaches
perets (peh'-rets)
a break -- breach, breaking forth (in), forth, gap.
of the city
`iyr (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
of David
David (daw-veed')
loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse -- David.
his father
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
