An wall of earth or fortification mentioned in Judges 9:6, 20. It was located in or near Shechem.
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).
Millo
This term has multiple meanings in the Bible:
From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.