Millo

An wall of earth or fortification mentioned in Judges 9:6, 20. It was located in or near Shechem.

See Beth-millo.

A fortress or defensive wall that was part of the city of David in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:9; 1 Chronicles 11:8). King Solomon later rebuilt or made this fortification bigger (1 Kings 9:15; 11:27).

Two kings of Judah had important connections to the Millo:

• Some of Joash's servants killed him in “the house of Millo” (2 Kings 12:20).

• King Hezekiah made the Millo stronger when King Sennacherib of Assyria threatened to invade Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32:5).