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Silla

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(branch). The place near which King Joash was slain (2 Kings 12:20²⁰And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. (2 Kings 12:20)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Place alluded to when Joash was murdered. It was apparently somewhere near Jerusalem (2 Kings 12:20²⁰And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. (2 Kings 12:20)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

5538 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Cilla’

Phonic:

sil-law’

Meaning:

from 5549; an embankment; Silla, a place in Jerusalem

KJV Usage:

Silla

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

he weighed: compared: weighing place

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

A way heaped up; embankment; branch:―a place in Jerusalem, 2 Kings 12:20. {Via aggesta}