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(Heb. Beyth Millo', áֵּéú îִìּåֹ ‹, [or îַìּ ‹,] wall-house; Sept. ïú v êïò Ìááëώ or Ìáëëώ ; Vul . oppidum [or domus] Mello; Auth. Vers. “house of Millo”), the name of two localities. SEE MILLO.
1. A fortress (or, according to the Targum, a village) near Shechem (Jdg_9:20); apparently the same with the citadel ( îִâְãָּì , tower) of the place (Jdg_9:46-49). SEE SHECHEM.
2. A castle or fortification of Jerusalem, where King Jehoash was slain (2Ki_12:20, where it is defined as being situated “on the descent to Sillo,” q.v.); probably in the quarter of the same name. SEE JERUSALEM.