fortification

Millo

Today in Jerusalem
Location disputed

In ruins: c. 586 BC – c. 539 BC

Jerusalem: Burnt by Nebuchadnezzar's army (587 or 586 BC, the year is disputed); the exiles returned under Cyrus in 538 BC. In AD 70 Titus's army destroyed the city and the Temple; a Roman legion camped in the ruins until Aelia Capitolina was built c. AD 130.

Verses (6)

2 Sam 5:9: So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
1 Kgs 9:15: And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
1 Kgs 9:24: But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
1 Kgs 11:27: 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.
1 Chr 11:8: And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
2 Chr 32:5: Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

King James Version