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Place · Mountain

Zion

Named in 140 verses across 19 books, first in 2 Samuel 5:7.

The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Mount Zion.

Where

Coordinates

31.7767° N, 35.2342° EOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

Identification

Well established

The point marks the identified site.

Matched to an entry in an ancient-world gazetteer, and the match was checked by the dataset’s editors. Gazetteer entry

Some biblical sites are known for certain; others are identified from old names and descriptions and are still discussed.

Dataset notes

Same as Jerusalem
Same as Jerusalem.
Per comment on Mount Zion- it does not encompass the entirety of Jerusalem as a whole. Thus, it may not be appropiate to consider it exactly synonmous with Jerusalem (since there's also Mt Moriah). Almost always a reference to Jerusalem itself, however not the actual mountain

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People

Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.

God77 shared verses
Jacob (Israel)11 shared verses
David4 shared verses
Solomon3 shared verses
Ephraim2 shared verses
Judah (patriarch)1 shared verse
Esau (Edom)1 shared verse
Hezekiahson of Ahaz1 shared verse
Micah1 shared verse

In the Bible

The first 10 of 140 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

2 Samuel

2 Samuel 5:7
Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

1 Kings

1 Kings 8:1
At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

2 Kings

2 Kings 19:21
This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 11:5
The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 5:2
At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

Psalms

Psalms 2:6
“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
Psalms 9:11
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
Psalms 9:14
that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
Psalms 14:7
Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
Psalms 20:2
May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.

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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.

Read Easton’s entry

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.

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).