Place · Mountain
mount Zion
Mount Zion
- ESV name
- Mount Zion
- Coordinates
- 31.7767, 35.2342 · related-within
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Sunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was built. It was surrounded on all sides, except the north, by deep valleys, that of the Tyropoeon (q.v.) separating it from Moriah (q.v.), which it surpasses in height by 105 feet. It was the south-eastern hill of Jerusalem.
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When David took it from the Jebusites (Josh. 15:63; 2 Sam. 5:7) he built on it a citadel and a palace, and it became “the city of David” (1 Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 19:21, 31; 1 Chr. 11:5). In the later books of the Old Testament this name was sometimes used (Ps. 87:2; 149:2; Isa. 33:14; Joel 2:1) to denote Jerusalem in general, and sometimes God’s chosen Israel (Ps. 51:18; 87:5).
In the New Testament it is used sometimes to denote the Church of God (Heb. 12:22), and sometimes the heavenly city (Rev. 14:1).
Verses
mentioned in 21 verses
- 2 Kings 19:31
- Psalms 48:2
- Psalms 48:11
- Psalms 74:2
- Psalms 78:68
- Psalms 125:1
- Isaiah 4:5
- Isaiah 8:18
- Isaiah 10:12
- Isaiah 18:7
First 10 of 21; 11 more.