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Mount Zion was the closest accessible site to the ancient Jewish Temple. Until East Jerusalem was captured by Israel in the Six-Day War, Israelis would climb to the rooftop of David's Tomb to pray. [16] The winding road leading up to Mount Zion is known as Pope's Way (Derekh Ha'apifyor).
Mount Zion (Hebrew: הר צִיּוֹן Har Tsiyyon) was originally the name of the hill where the Jebusite fortress stood, but the name was later applied to the Temple Mount just to the north of the fortress, also known as Mount Moriah, possibly also referred to as "Daughter of Zion" (i.e., as a protrusion of Mount Zion proper).
Zion (1903), Ephraim Moses Lilien. Zion (Hebrew: צִיּוֹן, romanized: Ṣīyyōn; [a] Biblical Greek: Σιών) is a placename in the Tanakh, often used as a synonym for Jerusalem [3] [4] as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole. The name is found in 2 Samuel , one of the books of the Tanakh dated to approximately the mid-6th century BCE.
Mount Carmel (Hebrew הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, Har HaKarmel, "God's vineyard") was a sacred mountain where Elijah defeated the prophets of a Ba'al in a contest. Carmel was a town in Judea mentioned as the residence of Nabal and Abigail. Mount Carmel, Iowa; Carmel, Maine; Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania; Carmel, Indiana; Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Mount Ephraim; Mount Hermon; Mount Nebo; Mount of Olives; Mount Sinai; Mount Tabor; Mount Zemaraim; Mount Zion; Mysia – state in Asia Minor; N ... List of Hebrew ...
Zion Gate was built in July 1540, west of the location of the medieval gate, which was a direct continuation of the Street of the Jews (also known as the Cardo).Six sentry towers were erected in the southern segment of the wall, four of them situated in the Mount Zion section.
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Har-Zion or Har Zion (Hebrew: הר ציון, "Mount Zion") may refer to: Meir Har-Zion (1934-2014), Israeli commando; Temple Har Zion, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, see List of synagogues in the Greater Toronto Area; Har Zion Cemetery near the community of Collingdale, Pennsylvania, United States, where the Hermesprota Creek begins