Moriah
Moriah is a region mentioned in 1 verse. Its most likely location is about 2 km around Mount Moriah. The name means “bitterness of the Lord.”
Where is Moriah?
Approx. 31.7778, 35.2356 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| about 2 km around Mount Moriah | region | Medium |
| about 2 km around Al Eizariya | region | Low |
| about 2 km around Mount Gerizim | region | Low |
| about 2 km around Moreh 1 | region | Low |
| about 2 km around Mamre | region | Low |
Moriah in the Bible dictionary
The chosen of Jehovah. Some contend that Mount Gerizim is meant, but most probably we are to regard this as one of the hills of Jerusalem. Here Solomon’s temple was built, on the spot that had been the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite (2 Sam. 24:24, 25; 2 Chr. 3:1). It is usually included in Zion, to the north-east of which it lay, and from which it was separated by the Tyropoean valley. This was “the land of Moriah” to which Abraham went to offer up his son Isaac (Gen. 22:2). It has been supposed that the highest point of the temple hill, which is now covered by the Mohammedan Kubbetes-Sakhrah, or “Dome of the Rock,” is the actual site of Araunah’s threshing-floor. Here also, one thousand years after Abraham, David built an altar and offered sacrifices to God.
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Verses that mention Moriah
- Genesis 22:2
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.