Biblical References
In modern translations of the Bible, the word Moriah is used only twice:
- Genesis 22:2: "And He said: 'Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, 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.'"
- 2 Chronicles 3:1: "Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where appeared unto David his father; for which provision had been made in the Place of David, in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite."
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