e-Vangelism1611: Mountains in the Bible

Mountains in the Bible

MOUNTAIN, noun [Latin adjective, montanus.] A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, but of no definite altitude. We apply mountain to the largest eminences on the globe; but sometimes the word is used for a large hill. In general, mountain denotes an elevation higher and larger than a hill; as the Altaic mountains in Asia, the Alps in Switzerland, the Andes in South America, the Allegheny mountains in Virginia, the Catskill in New York, the White mountains in New Hampshire, and the Green mountains in Vermont. The word is applied to a single elevation, or to an extended range.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Zion

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 (Joshua 15:63; 2 Samuel 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 Chronicles 11:5). In the later books of the Old Testament this name was sometimes used (Psalms 87:2; 149:2;Isaiah 33:14; Joel 2:1) to denote Jerusalem in general, and sometimes God's chosen Israel (Psalms 51:18; 87:5).

In the New Testament (see SION) it is used sometimes to denote the Church of God (Hebrews 12:22), and sometimes the heavenly city (Revelation 14:1).

Hitchcock's Names Dictionary

Zion

monument; raised up; sepulcher

Naves Topical Index

Zion

Called also Sion, stronghold of Jerusalem.

Taken from the Jebusites by David
2 Samuel 5:6-9; 1 Chronicles 11:5-7

Called thereafter the city of David
2 Samuel 5:7; 2 Samuel 5:9; 2 Samuel 6:12; 2 Samuel 6:16; 1 Kings 8:1; 1 Chronicles 11:5; 1 Chronicles 11:7; 1 Chronicles 15:1; 1 Chronicles 15:29; 2 Chronicles 5:2

Ark of the covenant placed in
2 Samuel 6:12; 2 Samuel 6:16; 1 Kings 8:1; 1 Chronicles 15:1; 1 Chronicles 15:29; 2 Chronicles 5:2

Ark of the Covenant removed from, to Solomon's temple on Mount Moriah
1 Kings 8:1; 2 Chronicles 5:2; 2 Chronicles 3:1