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Place · Mountain

Mount Paran

Named in 2 verses across 2 books, first in Habakkuk 3:3.

In the Bible

All 1 verse in Habakkuk, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Habakkuk

  • Habakkuk 3:3

    God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

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Probably the hilly region or upland wilderness on the north of the desert of Paran forming the southern boundary of the Promised Land (Deut. 33:2; Hab. 3:3).

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