Berg Sion
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Sion
sonnig; hoogte, een van die hoogtes waarop Jerusalem gebou is. Dit was aan alle kante omring, behalwe die noorde, deur diep valleie, die van die Tyropoeon wat dit van Moriah skei, wat dit met 105 voet in hoogte oortref. Dit was die suidoostelike heuwel van Jerusalem.
Toe Dawid dit van die Jebusiete neem ([Jos 15:63 ]; [2 Sam 5:7]) het hy 'n vesting en 'n paleis daarop gebou, en dit het "die stad van Dawid" geword ([1 Kon 8:1]; [2 Kon 19:21, 31]; [1 Kron 11:5]). In die later boeke van die Ou Testament is hierdie naam soms gebruik ([Ps 87:2 ]; [Ps 149:2 ]; [Jes 33:14 ]; [Joël 2:1 ]) om Jerusalem in die algemeen aan te dui, en soms God se uitverkore Israel ([Ps 51:18 ]; [Ps 87:5 ]).
In die Nuwe Testament (sien SION T0003448) word dit soms gebruik om die Kerk van God aan te dui ([Heb 12:22 ]), en soms die hemelse stad ([Op 14:1 ]).
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Zion
sunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was built. It was surrounded on all sides, except the north, by deep valleys, that of the Tyropoeon (q.v.) separating it from Moriah (q.v.), which it surpasses in height by 105 feet. It was the south-eastern hill of Jerusalem.
When David took it from the Jebusites (Josh 15:63; 2Sam 5:7 ) he built on it a citadel and a palace, and it became "the city of David" (1Kings 8:1; 2Kings 19:21; 19:31; 1Chr 11:5). In the later books of the Old Testament this name was sometimes used (Ps 87:2 ; 149:2; Isa 33:14; Joel 2:1) to denote Jerusalem in general, and sometimes God's chosen Israel (Ps 51:18 ; 87:5).
In the New Testament (See SION) it is used sometimes to denote the Church of God (Heb 12:22 ), and sometimes the heavenly city (Rev 14:1).
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary