I. MILLO, or Mello; this Hebrew Word signifies filled up. Thus they called a very deep Valley, which was between the old City of Jebus, or Jerusalem, and the 1 Kings ix. 15. 2 Kings v. 9. 1 Chron. xi. 8.City of David built upon Mount Sion. David and Solomon caused this Valley to be filled up, and made there a Place for the People to assemble. Solomon also took a Part of it, to build a Palace for his Queen, 1 Kings ix. 24.the Daughter of Pharaoh. ‘Twas upon the Account of these vast and chargeable Works that Solomon undertook, in Order to fill up Millo, that Jeroboam the Son of 1 Kings xi. 27, 28, &c.Nebat revolted, and infused the Spirit of Sedition into his Brethren of the Tribe of Ephraim, which broke out after the Death of Solomon.
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