Topic
Millo, the House of
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1884 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Judges 9:6Smith
And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
- Judges 9:20Smith
But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
- 2 Kings 12:20Smith
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
- Apparently a family or clan, mentioned in (Judges 9:6,20) only, in connection with the men or lords of Shechem.
- The spot at which King Joash was murdered by his slaves. (2 Kings 12:20)
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.