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• Mount NeboBible

  Mount Nebo is a mountain in the land of Moab, east of the Jordan River. Before his death, Moses climbed it and viewed Canaan, the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 34:1-6).

• Mount AraratBible

  Mount Ararat is the name of the mountainous region where Noah's ark came to rest after the Flood, as recorded in Genesis 8:4. The biblical "Ararat" originally referred to an ancient region in what is today eastern Turkey and Armenia.

• Mount SinaiBible

  Mount Sinai is the mountain where Moses received God's call and where Israel received the Ten Commandments and the law and entered into covenant with God. Scripture also calls it Mount Horeb.

• Mount CarmelBible

  Mount Carmel is a mountain range in northern Israel that extends inland toward the southeast from the Mediterranean coast. It is best known as the place where Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal and prayed for rain (1 Kings 18).

• Mount of OlivesBible

  The Mount of Olives is a mountain east of Jerusalem, across the Kidron Valley. It is the setting for David's flight from Absalom, Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and his discourse on the end times, his prayer in Gethsemane, and the account of his ascension.

• Mount GerizimBible

  Mount Gerizim is a mountain south of Shechem. Deuteronomy and Joshua present it as the "mountain of blessing," from which the blessing was proclaimed. It later became the center of Samaritan worship.

• Mount HermonBible

  Mount Hermon is a high mountain north of the upper Jordan River, at the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon range. In the Old Testament it appears as the northern boundary of the land Israel possessed, and it is well known from "the dew of Hermon" in Psalm 133.

• Mount HorebBible

  Mount Horeb is the mountain the Old Testament calls "the mountain of God." There Moses received God's call from the flame of the burning bush, Israel received the covenant, and Elijah met God. It is generally understood to be the same mountain as Mount Sinai.

• Mount TaborBible

  Mount Tabor is a mountain in the Galilee region of northern Israel, rising northeast of the Jezreel Valley. In the Old Testament it appears as the battleground of Deborah and Barak, and church tradition has long identified it as the Mount of Transfiguration.

• Mount EbalBible

  Mount Ebal is a mountain north of Shechem that faces Mount Gerizim. There, in obedience to Moses' command, Joshua built an altar and inscribed the law, and the curses of the law were proclaimed.

• Mount HorBible

  Mount Hor is a mountain in the Book of Numbers. Located on the border of Edom, it is where Aaron died and the place from which Israel set out just before the episode of the bronze serpent. A mountain of the same name also appears on the northern boundary of the Promised Land.

• Mount GilboaBible

  Mount Gilboa is a mountain ridge southeast of the Jezreel Valley. The Bible records it as the place where King Saul and his sons, including Jonathan, died fighting the Philistines.

• Mount ZemaraimBible

  Mount Zemaraim is the mountain on which Abijah, king of Judah, stood and addressed the army of Israel before his battle with Jeroboam, king of the northern kingdom of Israel (2 Chronicles 13:4). It appears to have been located in the hill country of Ephraim, near Bethel.

• Mount SeirBible

  Mount Seir is a mountainous region south of the Dead Sea. In the Old Testament it designates the land settled by Esau and his descendants, the Edomites. Also called "the land of Seir" or simply "Seir," it is often used as a synonym for Edom.

• Mount PisgahBible

  Mount Pisgah is a mountain or ridge in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, northeast of the Dead Sea. It is known as the place from whose summit Moses viewed the Promised Land of Canaan before his death.

• Temple MountBible

  The Temple Mount is a hill on the eastern side of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was the site of Solomon's Temple and later of the Second Temple, and 2 Chronicles 3:1 calls it "mount Moriah."

• Mount of CorruptionBible

  The Mount of Corruption is a mountain east of Jerusalem mentioned in 2 Kings 23:13. Solomon built high places for foreign gods there, and Josiah later defiled and removed them. It is commonly identified with the southern part of the Mount of Olives.

• Sermon on the MountBible

  The Sermon on the Mount is the collection of Jesus' teachings recorded in Matthew 5–7, delivered on a mountain to His disciples and the multitudes. It contains the Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer, and the Golden Rule.

• The Burnt Offering on Mount MoriahBible

  The event recorded in Genesis 22 in which Abraham, at God's command, prepared to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering on a mountain in the land of Moriah, until God stopped him and provided a ram in Isaac's place.