"And this was the reason he rebelled against the king. Solomon built the Millo and closed up the breach of the city of his father David." — The *cause of rebellion*: Solomon's *building projects*, including the *Millo* and *repairs to Jerusalem's walls*. These projects *require forced labor*, which *burdens the tribes*, particularly *Ephraim*. The *resentment against conscription* becomes a *political fault line*.

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