Millo
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Named at 2 Samuel 5:9: “David lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.” 1 Kings 9:15 names Millo among what King Solomon conscripted forced labor to build: the LORD’s house, his own house, Millo, Jerusalem’s wall, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer; and 9:24 says that Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of David’s city to her house which Solomon had built for her, and that then he built Millo.
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- 1CH 11:4–9, engwebp
4David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (also called Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.
5The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You will not come in here!” Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. The same is David’s city.
6David had said, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain.” Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.
7David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it David’s city.
8He built the city all around, from Millo even around; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
9David grew greater and greater, for the LORD of Armies was with him.
- 1KI 9:15–19, engwebp
15This is the reason of the forced labor which King Solomon conscripted: to build the LORD’s house, his own house, Millo, Jerusalem’s wall, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
16Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, taken Gezer, burned it with fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
17Solomon built in the land Gezer, Beth Horon the lower,
18Baalath, Tamar in the wilderness,
19all the storage cities that Solomon had, the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
- 1KI 9:24–25, engwebp
24But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of David’s city to her house which Solomon had built for her. Then he built Millo.
25Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the LORD three times per year, burning incense with them on the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
- 1KI 11:26–28, engwebp
26Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, also lifted up his hand against the king.
27This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of his father David’s city.
28The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.
- 2CH 32:2–8, engwebp
2When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that he was planning to fight against Jerusalem,
3he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the springs which were outside of the city, and they helped him.
4Then many people gathered together and they stopped all the springs and the brook that flowed through the middle of the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find abundant water?”
5He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in David’s city, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
6He set captains of war over the people, gathered them together to him in the wide place at the gate of the city, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,
7“Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or dismayed because of the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude who is with him; for there is a greater one with us than with him.
8An arm of flesh is with him, but the LORD our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
- 2SA 5:6–10, engwebp
6The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “The blind and the lame will keep you out of here,” thinking, “David can’t come in here.”
7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. This is David’s city.
8David said on that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him go up to the watercourse and strike those lame and blind, who are hated by David’s soul.” Therefore they say, “The blind and the lame can’t come into the house.”
9David lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.
10David grew greater and greater, for the LORD, the God of Armies, was with him.
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Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Millo” by name and 6 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, in Jerusalem (confidence 724 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event. 1 other identification is listed too.
AI-assisted source review; human approval pending, 2026-09-29
- in Jerusalem
OpenBible.info confidence 724 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.77667, 35.23417
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Millo” (CC BY 4.0) - Stepped Stone Structure
OpenBible.info confidence 228 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.77371, 35.23595
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Millo” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (3) — Pharaoh’s daughter comes up out of David’s city, and Millo is built, David takes the stronghold of Zion, and Joab the son of Zeruiah goes up first and is made chief, Hezekiah stops the waters, repairs the walls, and encourages the people
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David lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.
This is the reason of the forced labor which King Solomon conscripted: to build the LORD’s house, his own house, Millo, Jerusalem’s wall, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of David’s city to her house which Solomon had built for her. Then he built Millo.
This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of his father David’s city.
He built the city all around, from Millo even around; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in David’s city, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Millo (place-millo) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/millo Current wording: Named at 2 Samuel 5:9: “David lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.” 1 Kings 9:15 names Millo among what King Solomon conscripted forced labor to build: the LORD’s house, his own house, Millo, Jerusalem’s wall, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer; and 9:24 says that Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of David’s city to her house which Solomon had built for her, and that then he built Millo. Cited evidence: 1CH 11:4–9, engwebp / 1KI 9:15–19, engwebp / 1KI 9:24–25, engwebp / 1KI 11:26–28, engwebp / 2CH 32:2–8, engwebp / 2SA 5:6–10, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.