Editing Mount Zion (section)

{{Short description|Hill in Jerusalem}}
{{Other uses|Mount Zion (disambiguation)|Mount Sion (disambiguation){{!}}Mount Sion|Zion (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox mountain
|name          = Mount Zion
|other_name    = {{Script/Hebrew|הַר צִיוֹן}} ({{italics correction|''Har Tsiyyon''}})<br/>{{lang|ar|جبل صهيون}} ({{italics correction|''Jabel Sahyoun''}})
|photo         = MtZion from Abu Tor.jpg
|photo_caption =
|elevation_m   = 765
|elevation_ref =
|location      = [[Jerusalem]]
|map           = Jerusalem#Old Jerusalem
|map_alt       =
|map_caption   = Location within Jerusalem##Location just south of the [[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old City]] of Jerusalem
|map_size      =
|coordinates   = {{coord|31|46|18|N|35|13|43|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|range         = [[Judean Mountains|Judean]]
}}

'''Mount Zion''' ({{langx|he|הַר צִיּוֹן}}, ''Har Ṣīyyōn''; {{langx|ar|جبل صهيون}}, ''Jabal Sahyoun'') is a [[hill]] in [[Jerusalem]], located just outside the walls of the [[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old City]] to the south. The term Mount Zion has been used in the [[Hebrew Bible]] first for the [[City of David (archaeological site)|City of David]] ({{bibleverse|2 Samuel|5:7}}, {{bibleverse|1 Chronicles|11:5}}; {{bibleverse|1 Kings|8:1}}, {{bibleverse|2 Chronicles|5:2}}) and later for the [[Temple Mount]], but its meaning has shifted and it is now used as the name of ancient Jerusalem's Western Hill.<ref name=Pixner/><ref>[http://www.pij.org/details.php?id=647 The Significance of Jerusalem: A Jewish Perspective]</ref> In a wider sense, the term '''Zion''' is also used for the entire [[Land of Israel]].<ref>{{cite book |title=This is Jerusalem |author=Menashe Harel |publisher=Canaan Publishing |location=Jerusalem |year=1977 |pages=194–195 }}</ref>