Difference between revisions of "Moriah"

<p> '''Mori'ah.''' ''(chosen by Jehovah).'' </p> <p> 1. '''The land of Moriah.''' - On "one of the mountains," in this district took place the sacrifice of Isaac. &nbsp;Genesis 22:2. Its position is doubtful, some thinking it to be Mount Moriah, others that ''Moreh'' , near Shechem, is meant. ''See '' '''Mount Moriah''' ''.'' </p> <p> 2. '''Mount Moriah.''' - The elevation on which [[Solomon]] built the Temple, where God appeared to David, "in the threshing floor of Araunah, the Jebusite." it is the Eastern eminence of Jerusalem, separated from Mount [[Zion]] by the Tyropoeon valley. The top was levelled by Solomon, and immense walls were built around it, from the base, to enlarge the level surface for the Temple area. </p> <p> [[A]] tradition which first appears in a definite shape in Josephus, and is now almost universally accepted, asserts that the "Mount Moriah" of the Chronicles is identical with the "mountain" in "the land of Moriah" of Genesis, and that the spot on which '''Jehovah''' appeared to David, and on which the Temple was built, was the very spot of the sacrifice of Isaac. (Smith, Stanley and [[Grove]] are, however, inclined to doubt this tradition). </p>

<p> '''Moriah''' (''mo-rî'ah'' ), ''chosen of Jehovah?'' 1. The place where Abraham was directed to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. &nbsp;Genesis 22:2. 2. [[A]] mount on which Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem. &nbsp;2 Chronicles 3:1. It was in the eastern part of the city, overlooking the valley of the Kedron, and where was the threshing-floor of Araunah. &nbsp;2 Samuel 24:24; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 21:24. See Jerusalem. </p>