Mount Zion

Do you know all the scriptures that discuss Mount Zion? Now you can read a blog post that cites a few of them. The next time you sing a chorus that mentions that spot you will know more about it.

Complete Word Study Dictionary, The - Old Testament - ??? Gimel - ??????????

B. The name of a spring on the eastern side of Mount Zion in the Kidron Valley. As Hezekiah anticipated the Assyrian army, he directed its water into the Pool of Siloam (2 Chr. 32:30) within the city.

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Old Testament - ??? Yodh - ???????

yāp̠aʿ: A verb indicating to shine forth, to shine; to smile, to look favorably. It is used to indicate a bright streak of lightning (Job 37:15). It is used of the Lord's coming as if He shone forth from Mount Paran (Deut. 33:2) as well as out of Zion (Ps. 50:2). It is used of light lighting up something (Job 3:4). In an ironical statement, it depicts the deep shadow or utter gloom shining forth as darkness (Job 10:22). It is used in certain contexts to mean to look at with approval (Job 10:3). It describes God's action for His people as shining forth on their behalf (Ps. 80:1[2]; Ps.94:1).

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Old Testament - ??? Mem - ??????

môṭ: A verb indicating to be moved, removed, to fall. It is used of a wavering, wobbling action, response, or condition in various situations: it is used of the wavering or shaking of even mountains, an unheard of event (Isa. 54:10); Mount Zion was considered unshakable or unmovable (Ps. 125:1); the earth under God's fierce judgments could move violently (Isa. 24:19). It is used of the pressure or shaking of the wicked against the psalmist (Ps. 55:3[4]; Ps. 22[23]). It has the sense of fire flaming out (Ps. 140:10[11]). It describes the instability of kingdoms (Ps. 46:6[7]). It is used figuratively of a foot slipping; it indicates the failure of God's people (Deut. 32:35). It is found in the idiom, a hand wavers, that is, the person becomes weak economically (Lev. 25:35). It is used figuratively of the person who is sound, safe, secure, and will not be moved (Ps. 10:6), a claim made by the wicked but realized in the righteous (Prov. 10:30; 12:3).

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Old Testament - ??? Mem - ????????

māk̠ôn: I. A masculine noun meaning a dwelling place. It indicates a solid support or structure that can serve as a dwelling or as a foundation for something. It is used of a dwelling place, especially the Lord's, such as Mount Zion or Mount Sinai (Ex. 15:17); the Temple of Solomon (1 Ki. 8:13); God's heavenly dwelling place (1 Ki. 8:39,1 Ki. 43,1 Ki. 49; Ps. 33:14). It refers to the entire area of Mount Zion (Isa. 4:5). It refers to the location of the Temple, the holy place (Dan. 8:11). Ezra 2:68 is rendered best as foundation or location (for it see 4350 too).

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Old Testament - ??? Mem - ????????

mālak̠: A verb meaning to rule, to be king, to make king. The verb is used approximately three hundred times in its simple form to mean to rule, to be king, to have sway, power, and dominion over people and nations. God is King and will rule over618 the whole earth in the day when He judges the earth and establishes Mount Zion (Isa. 24:23). Israel rejected God from ruling over them during the time of Samuel (1 Sam. 8:7; cf. Ezek. 20:33); the verb is used to proclaim the rulership of a king when he is installed, as when Adonijah prematurely attempted to usurp the throne of his father David (1 Ki. 1:11). The Lord reigns as the Lord Almighty over both earthly and divine subjects (Isa. 24:23; Mic. 4:7).

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Old Testament - ??? Nun - ??????

nôp̠: A masculine noun signifying height, elevation. It refers to the elevation of something. It is used both literally and figuratively of the height in elevation and splendor of Mount Zion (Ps. 48:2).

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Old Testament - ??? Ayin - ???????????

M. The prophet. The name means "servant (or worshiper)" of the Lord. Neither his place of birth nor his parents are recorded. His prophecies proclaimed the Lord's judgment on Edom because they did not mourn or help Judah in the day when Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and Judah (605– 686 b.c.). Edom will be destroyed, but Jerusalem and Mount Zion will be rescued and prosper (Obad. 1:18-21). The written report of his message is twenty-one verses, the shortest book in the Old Testament.

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Old Testament - ??? Tsadde - ?????????

ṣiyyôn: A proper noun designating Zion. The meaning of the word is most likely "fortress," and the word refers to (1) the city of Jerusalem, the City of David (2 Sam. 5:7); (2) the Temple Mount or Temple (Ps. 9:11[12]); or (3) to the area of cities of larger Judah (Ps. 69:35[36]). It was God's chosen location for His people. It was recognized ideally to be none other than a reference on earth to "the city of our God, His holy mountain" (Ps. 48:2[3], nasb), the city and country that God would show to Abraham and his descendants (Gen. 12:1). The word occurs most often in poetic/prophetic literature, only ca. seven times in historical prose. It occurs most often in Psalms, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations (a small book, but the word occurs 15 times in this poetic material lamenting the fall of Jerusalem in 586 b.c.), Micah, and Zechariah.{1}

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Defender's Study Bible, The - 2 Sam 5:7 Notes

strong hold of Zion. Despite the arrogance of the Jebusites, David attacked the "lame and the blind," as the Jebusites mockingly called their armies (2 Samuel 5:8) and took their city, on Mount Zion. David henceforth made Jerusalem the capital city of Judah and of all Israel.

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1 King 2:10 Notes

in the city of David. The supposed tomb of David is a prominent landmark in modern Jerusalem, located on Mount Zion.

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Gen 22:1-19 Notes

bring the ark. Until the temple was built, the tabernacle and its furnishings had been at Gibeon, while the ark was housed in a temporary tabernacle that David had built on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Finally they would be together again on Mount Moriah, the revered site where Abraham and his son had long before met with God (Genesis 22:1-19; 2 Chronicles 3:1).

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Ps 75:6 Notes

promotion cometh. If promotion (i.e., exaltation) comes to a nation or to a person, it cannot come from the east or west or south, so must come from the north. The next verse indicates that it must come from God alone, thus implying that the "north" is at least symbolic of where God sits as Judge of the earth. See footnotes on Job 26:7. Also note Psalm 48:2, referring to "mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King." The main part of Davidic Jerusalem (where God's temple on earth was located), was on the northern sides and slopes of Mount Zion, which was difficult to reach from other directions.

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Joel 3:2 Notes

valley of Jehoshaphat. The valley of Jehoshaphat is probably where the confederation of Ammon, Moab, and Edom were miraculously defeated when they came against Judah and King Jehoshaphat in the general region between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. It has also been suggested as the valley between Mount Zion and Mount Olivet. The exact location is unknown, but evidently the whole region will be filled with armies when God gathers all nations there, probably on their way to Armageddon (note 2 Chronicles 20). It may be centered around the valley of Berachah (2 Chronicles 20:26).

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Obad. 1:21 Notes

mount of Esau. The "mount of Esau" was Mount Seir, whereas "Mount Zion" could be called the mount of Jacob. Thus the age-long enmity between Jacob and Esau could be personified as a rivalry between Mount Seir and Mount Zion. "Yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau" (Malachi 1:2-3). Such was God's evaluation of this rivalry, leading finally to Esau's (Edom's) destruction.

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Heb 12:18 Notes

ye are not come. The description in Hebrews 12:18-21 reminds us of the scene at the giving of the law from Mount Sinai, when God made His conditional covenant with Israel. See Exodus 19, Exodus 20. Once again, those professing Christ are urged not to remain at the fearful Sinai, but to go on to Zion—not to linger under the old covenant, but to enter fully into the new covenant.

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Heb 12:22 Notes

mount Sion. In contrast to the frightening scene at Sinai is the wonderful glimpse of the heavenly Zion (Hebrews 12:22-24). This assemblage is now gathered in heaven, but will all become a glorious reality on earth when the "heavenly Jerusalem" descends out of heaven to the new earth (Revelation 21:2-7).

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Rev 14:1 Notes

looked. Before the resumption of his account of the chronological events of the successive judgments, John is given another parenthetical insight to the background of these events. In this case, he is translated forward in time to the end of the tribulation period, when the triumphant Lamb will assemble with His 144,000 chosen Israelites on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. It is even possible that this will be the same assembly (or a precursive type thereof) as described in Hebrews 12:22-23. With the beast setting out to kill all Jews and all Christians, it is good for the Lord to give John (and us) a quick foretaste of the outcome of such Satanic fury. The Lamb indeed not only has the right to open the great title deed, but also the power to expel all the false pretenders to His rule, and all those redeemed by His blood will eventually stand with Him in triumph on Mt. Zion.{2}

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Appendix       Bibliography

{1}Zodhiates, Spiros, ed. – The Complete Word Study Dictionary New Testament Chattanooga, TN: AMG, 1991. WORDsearch CROSS e-book.

{2}DEFENDER’S Study Bible Copyright 1995 by World Publishing, Inc. 2004 by Nelson Publishing Co. All rights reserved. All notes and appendixes copyright 1955, 2004 by Dr. Henry M. Morris. All rights reserved. Electronic Edition STEP Files Copyright © 2005, QuickVerse. All rights reserved. DEFENDER’S Study Bible Annotations prepared by Henry M. Morris, Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D. President Emeritus, Institute for Creation Research Consultants J. Gordon Henry, Ed.D. Henry M. Morris III, D.Min.

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