Mount Zion

Mount Zion
הַר צִיוֹן‎ (Har Tsiyyon)
جبل صهيون (Jabel Sahyoun)
Highest point
Elevation765 m (2,510 ft)
Coordinates31°46′18″N 35°13′43″E / 31.77167°N 35.22861°E / 31.77167; 35.22861
Geography
Mount Zion is located in Jerusalem
Mount Zion
Mount Zion
Location within Jerusalem
Mount Zion is located in Jerusalem
Mount Zion
Mount Zion
Location just south of the Old City of Jerusalem
LocationJerusalem
Parent rangeJudean

Mount Zion (Hebrew: הַר צִיּוֹן, Har Ṣīyyōn; Arabic: جبل صهيون, Jabal Sahyoun) is a hill in Jerusalem, located just outside the walls of the Old City. The term Mount Zion has been used in the Hebrew Bible first for the City of David (2 Samuel 5:7, 1 Chronicles 11:5; 1 Kings 8:1, 2 Chronicles 5:2) and later for the Temple Mount, but its meaning has shifted and it is now used as the name of ancient Jerusalem's Western Hill.[1][2] In a wider sense, the term Zion is also used for the entire Land of Israel.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pixner was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ The Significance of Jerusalem: A Jewish Perspective
  3. ^ Menashe Harel (1977). This is Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Canaan Publishing. pp. 194–195.

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