Mount Of The Congregation
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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Mount Of The Congregation . See Congregation.
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Easton's Bible Dictionary [3]
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
( הִר מוֹעֵד , Mountain Of The Assembly, namely, of the gods), a place mentioned in the words of the king of Babylon, Isaiah 14:13. called " mount of the congregation," is prob. the Persian mountain El-Burj (comp. Gr. Πύργος , a town, Germ. Burg), called by the Hindius Meru, situated in the extreme north, and, like the Greek Olympus, regarded by the Orientals as the seat of the gods (see Asiat. Researches, 6:448; 8:350 sq.; Hyde, De Relig. Persar. page 102). (See Congregation).
