MOUNTAINS AND HILLS
(A) NAMES OF
ABARIM, east of Jordan
Numbers 27:12; Numbers 33:48; Deuteronomy 32:49
ARARAT, in Armenia
Genesis 8:4; Jeremiah 51:27
BASHAN
Psalms 68:15
BETHEL
1 Samuel 13:2
CARMEL, on the seacoast of Palestine
1 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 2:25; 2 Kings 19:23; Isaiah 33:9; Jeremiah 46:18; Jeremiah 50:19; Amos 1:2
EBAL, in Samaria
Deuteronomy 11:29; Deuteronomy 27:4; Joshua 8:30; Joshua 8:33
EPHRAIM, in central Palestine
Joshua 17:15; Judges 2:9; Judges 4:5; Judges 7:24; Judges 18:13; 1 Kings 12:25; 2 Kings 5:22
GERIZIM, in Samaria
Deuteronomy 11:29; Deuteronomy 27:12; Joshua 8:33; Judges 9:7
GILBOA, on which Saul died
1 Samuel 28:4; 1 Samuel 31:1; 2 Samuel 1:6; 2 Samuel 1:21
GILEAD
Genesis 31:21; Genesis 31:25; Judges 7:3; Song of Solomon 4:1
HERMON
Deuteronomy 3:8; Joshua 11:17; Joshua 13:11; Psalms 133:3
HOR, Aaron's burial place
Numbers 20:22; Numbers 21:4; Numbers 33:37
HOREB, Sinai or Mount of God
Exodus 3:1; Exodus 17:6; Deuteronomy 4:10; Deuteronomy 5:2; Deuteronomy 9:8; 1 Kings 8:9; 1 Kings 19:8; 2 Chronicles 5:10
Psalms 106:19; Malachi 4:4
LEBANON
Deuteronomy 3:25; Judges 3:3; 1 Kings 5:14; Ezekiel 17:3
MIZAR
Psalms 42:6
MORIAH, in Jerusalem, where the temple was built and where it is
supposed Abraham offered up Isaac
Genesis 22:2; 2 Samuel 24:18; 1 Chronicles 21:18; 1 Chronicles 22:1; 2 Chronicles 3:1
NEBO
Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:1
OLIVES, OR OLIVET
Matthew 21:1; Matthew 24:3; Matthew 26:30; Luke 21:37; Acts 1:12
PISGAH, in Moab, from whence Moses viewed the Promised Land
Numbers 21:20; Numbers 23:14; Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 4:49; Deuteronomy 34:1; Joshua 12:3
SEIR
Genesis 14:6; Deuteronomy 1:2; Deuteronomy 2:5; Ezekiel 35:2
SINAI, upon which Moses received the Decalogue
Exodus 16:1; Exodus 19:11; Exodus 24:16; Exodus 31:18; Leviticus 7:38; Leviticus 26:46; Nehemiah 9:13; Acts 7:38
--SEE Horeb,
TABOR
Judges 4:6; Judges 4:14; Judges 8:18; Psalms 89:12; Jeremiah 46:18; Hosea 5:1
ZION, or Sion
2 Samuel 5:7; 1 Kings 8:1; Psalms 87:2; Romans 11:26; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 14:1
--SEE Jerusalem, JERUSALEM
(B) SCENES OF GREAT EVENTS
ON Ararat, the ark rested
Genesis 8:4
-- Moriah, Abraham sacrificed Isaac
Genesis 22:2
-- Horeb, Moses saw the Burning Bush
Exodus 3:1; Exodus 3:2
-- Sinai, the Law was given
Exodus 19:11; Exodus 19:20
-- Ebal and Gerizim, were read the Blessings and Curses
Deuteronomy 11:29; Deuteronomy 27:11-13
-- Carmel, occurred Elijah's sacrifice
1 Kings 18:19
-- Hermon or Tabor, Christ was Transfigured
Mark 9:2
-- Olivet, occurred Christ's ascension
Acts 1:12