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Moriah / m ɒ ˈ r aɪ ə / (Hebrew: מוֹרִיָּה , Mōrīyya; Arabic: ﻣﺮﻭﻩ, Marwah) is the name given to a mountainous region in the Book of Genesis, where the binding of Isaac by Abraham is said to have taken place.
- Temple Mount
In 2 Chronicles, Solomon's Temple was constructed on Mount...
- Temple Mount
In 2 Chronicles, Solomon's Temple was constructed on Mount Moriah (3:1), and Manasseh's atonement for his sins is associated with the Mountain of the House of the Lord (33:15).
Mount Moriah is the name of the elongated north-south stretch of land lying between Kidron Valley and "Hagai" Valley, between Mount Zion to the west and the Mount of Olives to the east. The Jebusite "Zion" was situated on the southern slope of Mount Moriah, above the Gihon Spring.
The Temple Mount (Heb., Har Habayit; Arabic, Haram esh-Sharif, the Noble Sanctuary) is identified in both Jewish and Islamic tradition as the area of Mount Moriah where Abraham offered his son in sacrifice (Genesis 22:1-18; the Koran, Sura Al-Saffat 37:102-110).
17 paź 2021 · The Book of Chronicles tells us precisely that Moriah is in Jerusalem, the site of the Temple (See ancient map of Israel)! Sure enough, Jerusalem is exactly 60 miles from Beer Sheva, a 3-day donkey trek just as the Bible describes! Now that we know the location of Mount Moriah, what does Moriah mean in Hebrew?
moriah, land of mo-ri'-a ('erec ha-moriyah; eis ten genitive ten hupselen): Abraham was directed by God to take his son Isaac, to go into the land of Moriah, and there to offer him for a burnt offering ( Genesis 22:2 ) upon a mountain which God would show him.
1. A district in Palestine containing several mountains, on one of which Abraham was commanded by God to sacrifice his son Isaac (Gen. xxii. 2). 2. A mountain at Jerusalem on which Ornan the Jebusite had a thrashing-floor and on which Solomon later built the Temple (II Chron. iii. 1).
