Category:Millo

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Millo - (Heb. always with the article, "the" Millo). (1.) Probably the Canaanite name of some fortification, consisting of walls filled in with earth and stones, which protected Jerusalem on the north as its outer-most defense. It is always rendered Akra i.e., "the citadel", in the LXX. It was already existing when David conquered Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:9). He extended it to the right and left, thus completing the defense of the city. It was rebuilt by Solomon (1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 9:24; 1 Kings 11:27) and repaired by Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 32:5). (2.) In Judges 9:6, Judges 9:20 it is the name of a rampart in Shechem, probably the "tower of Shechem" (Judges 9:46, Judges 9:49).