Mount Zion
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For other uses, see Mount Zion (disambiguation) and Zion (disambiguation).
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]
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Mount Zion | |
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הַר צִיוֹן (Har Tsiyyon) جبل صهيون (Jabel Sahyoun) | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 765 m (2,510 ft) |
Coordinates | 31°46′18″N 35°13′43″E |
Geography | |
Location | Jerusalem |
Parent range | Judean |
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