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OLIVES Mount of |
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- The two and a half mile-long mountain ridge that towers over the eastern side of Jerusalem, or more precisely, the middle of the three peaks forming the ridge. Heavily covered with olive trees, the ridge juts out in a north-south direction (like a spur) from the range of mountains running down the center of the region. Both the central Mount of Olives and Mount Scopus, the peak on its northern side, rise over two hundred feet above the Temple mount across the Kidron Valley. It provided a lookout base and signaling point for armies defending Jerusalem.
David crossed the Mount of Olives when fleeing Absalom (2 Sam 15:30). Ezekiel saw the cherubim chariot land there (Ezek 11:23). Zechariah described how the Mount of Olives would move to form a huge valley on the Day of the Lord (Zech 14:3-5). Many crucial events in Jesus’ life occurred on the Mount of Olives. (Matt. 26:30; Mark 11:1-2; Luke 4:5; 22:39-46; Acts 1:9-12).
Mount of corruption - Hill east of Jerusalem near the Mount of Olives where Solomon built altars to the gods of his foreign wives (1 Kin11:7). These places of worship were destroyed by King Josiah (2 Kin 23:13). The name is probably a word play by the biblical writer on Mount of Oil, an early name of the Mount of Olives and a word spelled much like Mount of Corruption or Destruction.
olivet (1)
Acts 1:12
mount of olives (14)
2 Sam 15:30, Zech 14:4 (2), Matt 21:1, Matt 24:3, Matt 26:30, Mark 11:1, Mark 13:3, Mark 14:26, Luke 19:29, Luke 21:37 (2), Luke 22:39, John 8:1
mount of corruption (2)
2 Kin 23:13
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I3404 |
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