📍Millo (City of David)

Place
This document is about Millo (City of David). For other homonyms, please refer to the Millo document.

Part of the area where David built the city walls.

2 Sam 5:9David lived in the stronghold and called it the City of David. And David built the city around from the Millo inward.
1 Chr 11:8David built the city all around from the Millo, and the rest of the city was rebuilt by Joab.

Solomon repaired the broken parts of the city wall,

1 Kgs 11:27This was the reason he rebelled against the king: Solomon built the Millo and repaired the breach of the city of his father David.

Hezekiah also rebuilt it.

2 Chr 32:5Hezekiah took courage and repaired all the broken walls, raising them to the towers, and built another wall outside. He also strengthened the Millo of the City of David and made many weapons and shields.

Joash (King of Judah) was killed here.

2 Kgs 12:20Joash’s servants rose up and conspired against him, and they struck him down at the house of Millo on the way down to Silla.

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