Millo must have been a fortified place close to, but separate from, Shechem, and perhaps the same as the tower of Shechem mentioned in ([Reference …

The house of Millo. —It cannot be determined whether Beth Millo is here a proper name, or whether Beth means the family o…

And all the men of Shechem gathered together
Upon the return of Abimelech, after he with his banditti had committed …

The men of Shechem chose Abimelech king. God was not consulted whether they should have any king, much less who it should be.

If parents coul…