Mount Moriah
Mount Moriah was the site where Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem.
PlaceOld Testament2 books2 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Genesis 22:2; referred to as Moriah Mount or Moriah (מֹרִיָּה).
Location
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 31.778° N, 35.236° E
Alternative names
- מֹרִיָּהMount Moriah
Mentions
- “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
- Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.