fortification
Silla
- Today same place as Millo
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 (1)
- 2 Kgs 12:20
- And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
King James Version