Professor R.A. 8. Macalister, leader of the joint expedition of the Palestine Exploration Fund and the "Daily Telegraph, bo-hoves that the expedition has come upon the remains of the mysterious Milla stronghold, on the site of the ancient City of David.
The Hebrew word "Milla" is ally taken to mean a, solid tower or an earth embankment between stone walls, 11, Samuel chap. v., verse 9, it is stated: "So David dwelt in the fort and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Milla and inward.
According to Dr. E. W. G. Mas termon, honorary secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund, the historical evidence all points to the fact that the Milla existed as strong tower or fort at the time of the conquest. by David, - a thousand years before Christ.
Tt may have been the hol place" of the Jcbusites, several centuries had resisted all the attempts of the Hebrews against their little stronghold.
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