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Moriah
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
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Mori´ah, one of the hills of Jerusalem, on which the temple was built by Solomon (). The name seldom occurs, being usually included in that of Zion, to the north-east of which it lay, and from which it was separated by the valley of Tyropœn (Josephus, Antiq. viii. 4, 1) [JERUSALEM].
The Land of Moriah, whither Abraham went to offer up Isaac (), is generally supposed to denote the same place, and may at least he conceived to describe the surrounding district. The Jews themselves believe that the altar of burnt-offerings in the temple stood upon the very site of the altar on which the patriarch purposed to sacrifice his son.
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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Moriah'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/kbe/m/moriah.html.
Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Moriah'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/kbe/m/moriah.html.
