Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Biblical Literature
Angaben zur Quelle:
140,4 (2021) 643-662
Keywords:
Joash,
;
Archaeological site location
;
Assassination Biblical teaching
;
Jerusalem (Israel) Antiquities, Biblical
;
Gihon Spring (Jerusalem, Israel)
Abstract:
The identification of the biblical מלוא (millô˒; Millo) in Jerusalem (e.g., 2 Sam 5:9) has long been debated. Considering recent archaeological investigations in the vicinity of the Gihon Spring in the city of David, this paper argues that the Millo and the related בית מלוא (“house of Millo,” 2 Kgs 12:21) should be connected with the fortifications that surrounded the Gihon Spring—the primary water source for Bronze and Iron Age Jerusalem.
DOI:
10.15699/jbl.1404.2021.1
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