MOUNT. A hill on the north-east side of Jerusalem, once
separated from that of Acra by a broad valley, which, according to
Josephus, was filled up by the Asmoneans, and the two hills converted
into one. In the time of David it stood apart from the city, and was
under cultivation; for here was the threshing floor of Araunah, the
Jebusite, which David bought, on which to erect an altar to God, 2 Sam.
xxiv, 15–25. On the same spot Solomon afterward built the temple, 2
Chron. iii, 1; when it was included within the walls of the city. Here,
also, Abraham is supposed to have been directed to offer his son Isaac,
Gen. xxii, 1, 2. _Moriah_ implies vision;” and the land of Moriah,”
mentioned in the above passage in the history of Abraham, was probably
so called from being seen afar off.” It included the whole group of
hills on which Jerusalem was afterward built.
separated from that of Acra by a broad valley, which, according to
Josephus, was filled up by the Asmoneans, and the two hills converted
into one. In the time of David it stood apart from the city, and was
under cultivation; for here was the threshing floor of Araunah, the
Jebusite, which David bought, on which to erect an altar to God, 2 Sam.
xxiv, 15–25. On the same spot Solomon afterward built the temple, 2
Chron. iii, 1; when it was included within the walls of the city. Here,
also, Abraham is supposed to have been directed to offer his son Isaac,
Gen. xxii, 1, 2. _Moriah_ implies vision;” and the land of Moriah,”
mentioned in the above passage in the history of Abraham, was probably
so called from being seen afar off.” It included the whole group of
hills on which Jerusalem was afterward built.