Zion

In the Old Testament, Zion is a name both for the city of Jerusalem and poetically for the entire Holy Land. Zion specifically refers to one of the hills that Jerusalem is built on (see 2 Samuel 5:6–7). This hill is often called Mount Zion in the Old Testament. The place name Zion is often used in poetic parallelism with Jerusalem (see Isaiah 31:19). The name is also associated with the Jerusalem temple. Latter-day scripture has its own beautiful and specific understanding of the meaning of Zion, but it seems that this meaning was mostly unknown for much of Old Testament times.

Related verses

2 Samuel 5:6–7
1 Kings 8:1
2 Kings 19:31
1 Chronicles 11:5
2 Chronicles 5:2
Psalm 2:6
Psalm 9:11
Psalm 20:2
Psalm 48:11–12
Psalm 51:18
Psalm 69:35
Psalm 74:2
Psalm 78:68
Psalm 97:8
Isaiah 2:3
Isaiah 4:3–4
Isaiah 10:12
Isaiah 18:7
Isaiah 24:23
Isaiah 30:19
Isaiah 33:20
Isaiah 40:9
Isaiah 49:14
Isaiah 52:7–8
Jeremiah 14:19
Jeremiah 26:18
Micah 3:10–12
Micah 4:2, 7
Zephaniah 3:14–16
Zechariah 1:14–17
Zechariah 8:3
Zechariah 9:9