Midvash

בֵּית מִלּוֹאBêyth Millôwʼ

proper name [of a location]: ' fill ', mulu

Pronunciation: bayth mil-lo' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1037

Meanings

1. near Shechem, site unknown (Judges 9:6; Judges 9:20)

2. citadel in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:9; 1 Kings 9:15; 1 Kings 9:24)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Judges 9:6 Then all the leading citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo called a meeting under the oak beside the pillar at Shechem and made Abimelech their king.
  • Judges 9:20 But if you have not acted in good faith, then may fire come out from Abimelech and devour the leading citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo; and may fire come out from the citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo and devour Abimelech!”
  • 2 Kings 12:20 Joash’s officers plotted against him and assassinated him at Beth-millo on the road to Silla.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).