58 Bible Verses about Mountains

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Psalm 125:2

Jerusalem! mountains are round about her, And Jehovah is round about His people, From henceforth even unto the age.

Psalm 11:1

To the Overseer. -- By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, 'They moved to Thy mountain for the bird?

Isaiah 54:10

For the mountains depart, and the hills remove, And My kindness from thee departeth not, And the covenant of My peace removeth not, Said hath thy loving one -- Jehovah.

Judges 5:5

Hills flowed from the face of Jehovah, This one -- Sinai -- From the face of Jehovah, God of Israel.

Exodus 19:16-19

And it cometh to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud, on the mount, and the sound of a trumpet very strong; and all the people who are in the camp do tremble. And Moses bringeth out the people to meet God from the camp, and they station themselves at the lower part of the mount, and mount Sinai is wholly a smoke from the presence of Jehovah, who hath come down on it in fire, and its smoke goeth up as smoke of the furnace, and the whole mount trembleth exceedingly;read more.
and the sound of the trumpet is going on, and very strong; Moses speaketh, and God doth answer him with a voice.

Psalm 97:5

Hills, like wax, melted before Jehovah, Before the Lord of all the earth.

Isaiah 64:1

Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,

Micah 1:3-4

For lo, Jehovah is going out from His place, And He hath come down, And hath trodden on high places of earth. Melted have been the mountains under Him, And the valleys do rend themselves, As wax from the presence of fire, As waters cast down by a slope.

Habakkuk 3:3-6

God from Teman doth come, The Holy One from mount Paran. Pause! Covered the heavens hath His majesty, And His praise hath filled the earth. And the brightness is as the light, He hath rays out of His hand, And there -- the hiding of His strength. Before Him goeth pestilence, And a burning flame goeth forth at His feet.read more.
He hath stood, and He measureth earth, He hath seen, and He shaketh off nations, And scatter themselves do mountains of antiquity, Bowed have the hills of old, The ways of old are His.

Psalm 18:7

And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake -- because He hath wrath.

Jeremiah 4:23-26

I looked to the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not. I have looked to the mountains, And lo, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselves lightly. I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled.read more.
I have looked, and lo, The fruitful place is a wilderness, And all its cities have been broken down, Because of Jehovah, Because of the fierceness of His anger.

Nahum 1:5-6

Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted; And lifted up is the earth at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it. Before His indignation who doth stand? And who riseth up in the heat of His anger? His fury hath been poured out like fire, And the rocks have been broken by Him.

Revelation 6:12-14

And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and lo, a great earthquake came, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood, and the stars of the heaven fell to the earth -- as a fig-tree doth cast her winter figs, by a great wind being shaken -- and heaven departed as a scroll rolled up, and every mountain and island -- out of their places they were moved;

Revelation 16:19-20

And it came -- the great city -- into three parts, and the cities of the nations did fall, and Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the wrath of His anger, and every island did flee away, and mountains were not found,

Exodus 34:1-3

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Hew for thyself two tables of stone like the first, and I have written on the tables the words which were on the first tables which thou hast broken; and be prepared at morning, and thou hast come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and hast stood before Me there, on the top of the mount, and no man cometh up with thee, and also no man is seen in all the mount, also the flock and the herd do not feed over-against that mount.'

1 Kings 19:11-13

And He saith, 'Go out, and thou hast stood in the mount before Jehovah.' And lo, Jehovah is passing by, and a wind -- great and strong -- is rending mountains, and shivering rocks before Jehovah: -- not in the wind is Jehovah; and after the wind a shaking: -- not in the shaking is Jehovah; and after the shaking a fire: -- not in the fire is Jehovah; and after the fire a voice still small; and it cometh to pass, at Elijah's hearing it, that he wrappeth his face in his robe, and goeth out, and standeth at the opening of the cave, and lo, unto him is a voice, and it saith, 'What -- to thee, here, Elijah?'

2 Peter 1:16-18

For, skilfully devised fables not having followed out, we did make known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but eye-witnesses having become of his majesty -- for having received from God the Father honour and glory, such a voice being borne to him by the excellent glory: 'This is My Son -- the beloved, in whom I was well pleased;' and this voice we -- we did hear, out of heaven borne, being with him in the holy mount.

Numbers 33:47-48

And they journey from Almon-Diblathaim, and encamp in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo; and they journey from the mountains of Abarim, and encamp in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho.

Genesis 8:1-5

And God remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which are with him in the ark, and God causeth a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside, and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens. And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days.read more.
And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat; and the waters have been going and becoming lacking till the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first of the month, appeared the heads of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 11:29

'And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land whither thou art going in to possess it, that thou hast given the blessing on mount Gerizim, and the reviling on mount Ebal;

Deuteronomy 27:12-13

'These do stand, to bless the people, on mount Gerizzim, in your passing over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. And these do stand, for the reviling, on mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Joshua 8:30-35

Then doth Joshua build an altar to Jehovah, God of Israel, in mount Ebal, as Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses -- an altar of whole stones, over which he hath not waved iron -- and they cause to go up upon it burnt-offerings to Jehovah, and sacrifice peace-offerings; and he writeth there on the stones the copy of the law of Moses, which he hath written in the presence of the sons of Israel.read more.
And all Israel, and its elders, and authorities, and its judges, are standing on this side and on that of the ark, over-against the priests, the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the native, half of them over-against mount Gerizim, and the half of them over-against mount Ebal, as Moses servant of Jehovah commanded to bless the people of Israel at the first. And afterwards he hath proclaimed all the words of the law, the blessing and the reviling, according to all that is written in the book of the law; there hath not been a thing of all that Moses commanded which Joshua hath not proclaimed before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the infants, and the sojourner who is going in their midst.

1 Chronicles 10:1-12

And the Philistines have fought with Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa, and the Philistines pursue after Saul, and after his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-Shua, sons of Saul. And the battle is heavy on Saul, and those shooting with the bow find him, and he is wounded by those shooting,read more.
and Saul saith unto the bearer of his weapons, 'Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised come -- and have abused me.' And the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he feareth exceedingly, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it; and the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul is dead, and falleth, he also, on the sword, and dieth; and Saul dieth, and his three sons, and all his house -- together they died. And all the men of Israel who are in the valley see that they have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake their cities and flee, and the Philistines come and dwell in them. And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and find Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa, and strip him, and bear away his head, and his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about to proclaim tidings to their idols and the people, and put his weapons in the house of their gods, and his skull they have fixed in the house of Dagon. And all Jabesh-Gilead hear of all that the Philistines have done to Saul, and all the men of valour rise and bear away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and bring them in to Jabesh, and bury their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fast seven days.

1 Samuel 31:1-13

And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa, and the Philistines follow Saul and his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, sons of Saul. And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him -- men with bow -- and he is pained greatly by the archers;read more.
and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, 'Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come -- these uncircumcised -- and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;' and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it. And the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul is dead, and he falleth -- he also -- on his sword, and dieth with him; and Saul dieth, and three of his sons, and the bearer of his weapons, also all his men, on that day together. And they see -- the men of Israel, who are beyond the valley, and who are beyond the Jordan -- that the men of Israel have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake the cities and flee, and Philistines come in, and dwell in them. And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa, and they cut off his head, and strip off his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim tidings in the house of their idols, and among the people; and they place his weapons in the house of Ashtaroth, and his body they have fixed on the wall of Beth-Shan. And they hear regarding it -- the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead -- that which the Philistines have done to Saul, and all the men of valour arise, and go all the night, and take the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-Shan, and come in to Jabesh, and burn them there, and they take their bones, and bury them under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.

2 Samuel 1:4-12

And David saith unto him, 'What hath been the matter? declare, I pray thee, to me.' And he saith, that 'The people hath fled from the battle, and also a multitude hath fallen of the people, and they die; and also Saul and Jonathan his son have died.' And David saith unto the youth who is declaring it to him, 'How hast thou known that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?' And the youth who is declaring it to him saith, I happened to meet in mount Gilboa, and lo, Saul is leaning on his spear; and lo, the chariots and those possessing horses have followed him;read more.
and he turneth behind him, and seeth me, and calleth unto me, and I say, Here am I. And he saith to me, Who art thou? and I say unto him, An Amalekite I am.' And he saith unto me, Stand, I pray thee, over me, and put me to death, for seized me hath the arrow, for all my soul is still in me. And I stand over him, and put him to death, for I knew that he doth not live after his falling, and I take the crown which is on his head, and the bracelet which is on his arm, and bring them in unto my lord hither.' And David taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them, and also all the men who are with him, and they mourn, and weep, and fast till the evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel, because they have fallen by the sword.

Deuteronomy 3:8

'And we take, at that time, the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorite, which is beyond the Jordan, from the brook Arnon unto mount Hermon;

Joshua 11:16-17

And Joshua taketh all this land: the hill-country, and all the south, and all the land of Goshen, and the low country, and the plain, even the hill-country of Israel and its low lands, from the mount of Halak, which is going up to Seir, and unto Baal-Gad, in the valley of Lebanon, under mount Hermon; and all their kings he hath captured, and he smiteth them, and putteth them to death.

Psalm 42:6-7

In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. Deep unto deep is calling At the noise of Thy water-spouts, All Thy breakers and Thy billows passed over me.

Psalm 89:12

North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.

Numbers 33:37-39

And they journey from Kadesh, and encamp in mount Hor, in the extremity of the land of Edom. And Aaron the priest goeth up unto mount Hor, by the command of Jehovah, and dieth there, in the fortieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first of the month; and Aaron is a son of a hundred and twenty and three years in his dying in mount Hor.

Numbers 20:22-29

And the sons of Israel, the whole company, journey from Kadesh, and come in unto mount Hor, and Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron in mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, saying, 'Aaron is gathered unto his people, for he doth not go in unto the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because that ye provoked My mouth at the waters of Meribah.read more.
'Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and cause them to go up mount Hor, and strip Aaron of his garments, and thou hast clothed with them Eleazar his son, and Aaron is gathered, and doth die there.' And Moses doth as Jehovah hath commanded, and they go up unto mount Hor before the eyes of all the company, and Moses strippeth Aaron of his garments, and clotheth with them Eleazar his son, and Aaron dieth there on the top of the mount; and Moses cometh down -- Eleazar also -- from the mount, and all the company see that Aaron hath expired, and they bewail Aaron thirty days -- all the house of Israel.

Genesis 22:1-3

And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, 'Abraham;' and he saith, 'Here am I.' And He saith, 'Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.' And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and taketh two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and he cleaveth the wood of the burnt-offering, and riseth and goeth unto the place of which God hath spoken to him.

2 Chronicles 3:1

And Solomon beginneth to build the house of Jehovah, in Jerusalem, in the mount of Moriah, where He appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,

Deuteronomy 32:48-52

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in this self-same day, saying, Go up unto this mount Abarim, mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is on the front of Jericho, and see the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession; and die in the mount whither thou art going up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother hath died in the mount Hor, and is gathered unto his people:read more.
Because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribath-Kadesh, the wilderness of Zin -- because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the sons of Israel; but over-against thou seest the land, and thither thou dost not go in, unto the land which I am giving to the sons of Israel.'

Deuteronomy 34:1-5

And Moses goeth up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which is on the front of Jericho, and Jehovah sheweth him all the land -- Gilead unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah unto the further sea, and the south, and the circuit of the valley of Jericho, the city of palms, unto Zoar.read more.
And Jehovah saith unto him, 'This is the land which I have sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, To thy seed I give it; I have caused thee to see with thine eyes, and thither thou dost not pass over.' And Moses, servant of the Lord, dieth there, in the land of Moab, according to the command of Jehovah;

Exodus 24:12

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Come up unto Me to the mount, and be there, and I give to thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the command, which I have written to direct them.'

Nehemiah 9:13-14

'And on mount Sinai Thou hast come down, even to speak with them from the heavens, and Thou dost give to them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commands. And Thy holy sabbath Thou hast made known to them, and commands, and statutes, and law, Thou hast commanded for them, by the hand of Moses Thy servant;

Judges 4:12-16

And they declare to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam hath gone up to mount Tabor, and Sisera calleth all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who are with him, from Harosheth of the Goyim, unto the brook Kishon. And Deborah saith unto Barak, 'Rise, for this is the day in which Jehovah hath given Sisera into thy hand; hath not Jehovah gone out before thee?' And Barak goeth down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.read more.
And Jehovah destroyeth Sisera, and all the chariots, and all the camp, by the mouth of the sword, before Barak, and Sisera cometh down from off the chariot, and fleeth on his feet. And Barak hath pursued after the chariots and after the camp, unto Harosheth of the Goyim, and all the camp of Sisera falleth by the mouth of the sword -- there hath not been left even one.

Matthew 4:8-9

Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, and saith to him, 'All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.'

Luke 4:5-7

And the Devil having brought him up to an high mountain, shewed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and the Devil said to him, 'To thee I will give all this authority, and their glory, because to me it hath been delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I do give it; thou, then, if thou mayest bow before me -- all shall be thine.'

Matthew 5:1-2

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:

Matthew 17:1-8

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and doth bring them up to a high mount by themselves, and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light, and lo, appear to them did Moses and Elijah, talking together with him.read more.
And Peter answering said to Jesus, 'Sir, it is good to us to be here; if thou wilt, we may make here three booths -- for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elijah.' While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son, -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.' And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid, and Jesus having come near, touched them, and said, 'Rise, be not afraid,' and having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only.

Mark 9:2-8

And after six days doth Jesus take Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up to a high mount by themselves, alone, and he was transfigured before them, and his garments became glittering, white exceedingly, as snow, so as a fuller upon the earth is not able to whiten them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.read more.
And Peter answering saith to Jesus, 'Rabbi, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elijah one:' for he was not knowing what he might say, for they were greatly afraid. And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son -- the Beloved, hear ye him;' and suddenly, having looked around, they saw no one any more, but Jesus only with themselves.

Luke 9:28-36

And it came to pass, after these words, as it were eight days, that having taken Peter, and John, and James, he went up to the mountain to pray, and it came to pass, in his praying, the appearance of his face became altered, and his garment white -- sparkling. And lo, two men were speaking together with him, who were Moses and Elijah,read more.
who having appeared in glory, spake of his outgoing that he was about to fulfil in Jerusalem, but Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep, and having waked, they saw his glory, and the two men standing with him. And it came to pass, in their parting from him, Peter said unto Jesus, 'Master, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah,' not knowing what he saith: and as he was speaking these things, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them, and they feared in their entering into the cloud, and a voice came out of the cloud saying, 'This is My Son -- the Beloved; hear ye him;' and when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone; and they were silent, and declared to no one in those days anything of what they have seen.

Matthew 24:3

And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, 'Tell us, when shall these be? and what is the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'

Mark 13:3-4

And as he is sitting at the mount of the Olives, over-against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, were questioning him by himself, Tell us when these things shall be? and what is the sign when all these may be about to be fulfilled?'

Nahum 1:5

Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted; And lifted up is the earth at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it.

Psalm 95:4

In whose hand are the deep places of earth, And the strong places of hills are His.

From Thematic Bible


Aphekah » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:53

and Janum, and Beth-Tappuah, and Aphekah,

Beasts » Found in » Mountains

Song of Songs 4:8

Come from Lebanon, come thou in. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Shenir and Hermon, From the habitations of lions, From the mountains of leopards.

Bether » Mountains

Song of Songs 2:17

Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, Turn, be like, my beloved, To a roe, or to a young one of the harts, On the mountains of separation!

Birds » Inhabit » Mountains

Psalm 50:11

I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field is with Me.

Dannah » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:49

and Dannah, and Kirjath-Sannah (it is Debir)

Gedor » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:58

Halhul, Beth-Zur, and Gedor,

Lions » Inhabits » Mountains

Song of Songs 4:8

Come from Lebanon, come thou in. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Shenir and Hermon, From the habitations of lions, From the mountains of leopards.

Mountains » Names of » Horeb, sinai or mount of God

1 Kings 8:9

There is nothing in the ark, only the two tables of stone which Moses put there in Horeb, when Jehovah covenanted with the sons of Israel in their going out of the land of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 5:10

There is nothing in the ark but the two tables that Moses gave in Horeb, where Jehovah covenanted with the sons of Israel, in their going out from Egypt.

Psalm 106:19

They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,

1 Kings 19:8

and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God -- Horeb.

Exodus 3:1

And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb;

Mountains » Names of » Sinai, upon which moses received the decalogue

Acts 7:38

'This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the messenger who is speaking to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers who did receive the living oracles to give to us;

Exodus 24:16

and the honour of Jehovah doth tabernacle on mount Sinai, and the cloud covereth it six days, and He calleth unto Moses on the seventh day from the midst of the cloud.

Exodus 16:1

And they journey from Elim, and all the company of the sons of Israel come in unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month of their going out from the land of Egypt.

Exodus 19:11

and have been prepared for the third day; for on the third day doth Jehovah come down before the eyes of all the people, on mount Sinai.

Mountains » Names of » Carmel, on the seacoast of palestine

2 Kings 19:23

By the hand of thy messengers Thou hast reproached the Lord, and sayest: In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of mountains -- The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the lodging of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel.

Jeremiah 50:19

And I have brought back Israel unto his habitation, And he hath fed on Carmel, and on Bashan. And in mount Ephraim, and on Gilead is his soul satisfied.

Isaiah 33:9

Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.

Jeremiah 46:18

I live -- an affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, Surely as Tabor is among mountains, And as Carmel by the sea -- he cometh in,

Amos 1:2

and he saith: Jehovah from Zion doth roar, And from Jerusalem giveth forth His voice, And mourned have pastures of the shepherds, And withered hath the top of Carmel!

Mountains » Names of » Pisgah, in moab, from whence moses viewed the promised land

Numbers 23:14

and he taketh him to the field of Zophim, unto the top of Pisgah, and buildeth seven altars, and offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar.

Deuteronomy 4:49

and all the plain beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

Joshua 12:3

And the plain unto the sea of Chinneroth eastward, and unto the sea of the plain (the salt sea) eastward, the way to Beth-Jeshimoth, and from the south under the springs of Pisgah.

Deuteronomy 34:1

And Moses goeth up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which is on the front of Jericho, and Jehovah sheweth him all the land -- Gilead unto Dan,

Numbers 21:20

and from Bamoth in the valley which is in the field of Moab to the top of Pisgah, which hath looked on the front of the wilderness.

More verses: Deuteronomy 3:27

Mountains » Names of » Ephraim, in central palestine

Judges 7:24

And messengers hath sent Gideon into all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, 'Come down to meet Midian, and capture before them the waters unto Beth-Barah, and the Jordan;' and every man of Ephraim is called, and they capture the waters unto Beth-Barah, and the Jordan,

Judges 4:5

and she is dwelling under the palm-tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Beth-El, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel go up unto her for judgment.

2 Kings 5:22

And he saith, 'Peace; my lord hath sent me, saying, Lo, now, this, come unto me have two young men from the hill-country of Ephraim, of the sons of the prophets; give, I pray thee, to them, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.'

1 Kings 12:25

And Jeroboam buildeth Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelleth in it, and goeth out thence, and buildeth Penuel;

Judges 2:9

and they bury him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-Heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of mount Gaash;

More verses: Joshua 17:15 Judges 18:13

Mountains » Names of » Moriah, in jerusalem, where the temple was built and where it is supposed abraham offered up isaac

2 Chronicles 3:1

And Solomon beginneth to build the house of Jehovah, in Jerusalem, in the mount of Moriah, where He appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,

Genesis 22:2

And He saith, 'Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.'

2 Samuel 24:18

And Gad cometh in unto David on that day, and saith to him, 'Go up, raise to Jehovah an altar in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite;'

1 Chronicles 21:18

And the messenger of Jehovah spake unto Gad, saying for David, 'Surely David doth go up to raise an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.'

1 Chronicles 22:1

And David saith, 'This is the house of Jehovah God, and this the altar for burnt-offering for Israel.'

Mountains » Names of » Zion, or sion

Romans 11:26

and so all Israel shall be saved, according as it hath been written, 'There shall come forth out of Sion he who is delivering, and he shall turn away impiety from Jacob,

2 Samuel 5:7

And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it is the city of David.

1 Kings 8:1

Then doth Solomon assemble the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, princes of the fathers of the sons of Israel, unto king Solomon, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the city of David -- it is Zion;

More verses: Psalm 87:2

Mountains » Names of » Tabor

Judges 4:6

And she sendeth and calleth for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kedesh-Naphtali, and saith unto him, 'Hath not Jehovah, God of Israel, commanded? go, and thou hast drawn towards mount Tabor, and hast taken with thee ten thousand men, out of the sons of Naphtali, and out of the sons of Zebulun,

Jeremiah 46:18

I live -- an affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, Surely as Tabor is among mountains, And as Carmel by the sea -- he cometh in,

Judges 4:14

And Deborah saith unto Barak, 'Rise, for this is the day in which Jehovah hath given Sisera into thy hand; hath not Jehovah gone out before thee?' And Barak goeth down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment is for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor.

Judges 8:18

And he saith unto Zebah and unto Zalmunna, 'How -- the men whom ye slew in Tabor?' and they say, 'As thou -- so they, one -- as the form of the king's sons.'

More verses: Psalm 89:12

Mountains » Names of » Olives, or olivet

Acts 1:12

Then did they return to Jerusalem from the mount that is called of Olives, that is near Jerusalem, a sabbath's journey;

Matthew 21:1

And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the mount of the Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

Matthew 24:3

And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, 'Tell us, when shall these be? and what is the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'

Matthew 26:30

And having sung a hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives;

Luke 21:37

And he was during the days in the temple teaching, and during the nights, going forth, he was lodging at the mount called of Olives;

Mountains » Afforded pasturage

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, Who are in the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: 'Bring in, and we do drink.'

Exodus 3:1

And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb;

1 Samuel 25:7

and, now, I have heard that thou hast shearers; now, the shepherds whom thou hast have been with us, we have not put them to shame, nor hath anything been looked after by them, all the days of their being in Carmel.

1 Kings 22:17

And he saith, 'I have seen all Israel scattered on the hills as sheep that have no shepherd, and Jehovah saith, These have no master; they turn back each to his house in peace.'

Mountains » Names of » Gerizim, in samaria

Joshua 8:33

And all Israel, and its elders, and authorities, and its judges, are standing on this side and on that of the ark, over-against the priests, the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the native, half of them over-against mount Gerizim, and the half of them over-against mount Ebal, as Moses servant of Jehovah commanded to bless the people of Israel at the first.

Deuteronomy 11:29

'And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land whither thou art going in to possess it, that thou hast given the blessing on mount Gerizim, and the reviling on mount Ebal;

Deuteronomy 27:12

'These do stand, to bless the people, on mount Gerizzim, in your passing over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.

Judges 9:7

and they declare it to Jotham, and he goeth and standeth on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifteth up his voice, and calleth, and saith to them, 'Hearken unto me, O masters of Shechem, and God doth hearken unto you:

Mountains » Names of » Ebal, in samaria

Joshua 8:33

And all Israel, and its elders, and authorities, and its judges, are standing on this side and on that of the ark, over-against the priests, the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the native, half of them over-against mount Gerizim, and the half of them over-against mount Ebal, as Moses servant of Jehovah commanded to bless the people of Israel at the first.

Deuteronomy 11:29

'And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land whither thou art going in to possess it, that thou hast given the blessing on mount Gerizim, and the reviling on mount Ebal;

Deuteronomy 27:4

'And it hath been, in your passing over the Jordan, ye raise up these stones which I am commanding you to-day, in mount Ebal, and thou hast plaistered them with plaister,

Joshua 8:30

Then doth Joshua build an altar to Jehovah, God of Israel, in mount Ebal,

Mountains » Names of » Gilead

Judges 7:3

and now, call, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, saying, Whoso is afraid and trembling, let him turn back and go early from mount Gilead;' and there turn back of the people twenty and two thousand, and ten thousand have been left.

Genesis 31:21

and he fleeth, he and all that he hath, and riseth, and passeth over the River, and setteth his face toward the mount of Gilead.

Genesis 31:25

And Laban overtaketh Jacob; and Jacob hath fixed his tent in the mount; and Laban with his brethren have fixed theirs in the mount of Gilead.

Song of Songs 4:1

Lo, thou art fair, my friend, lo, thou art fair, Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead,

Mountains » Names of » Seir

Deuteronomy 2:5

ye do not strive with them, for I do not give to you of their land even the treading of the sole of a foot; for a possession to Esau I have given mount Seir.

Ezekiel 35:2

'Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

Genesis 14:6

and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-Paran, which is by the wilderness;

Deuteronomy 1:2

eleven days' from Horeb, the way of mount Seir, unto Kadesh-Barnea.

Mountains » Names of » Gilboa, on which saul died

2 Samuel 1:6

And the youth who is declaring it to him saith, I happened to meet in mount Gilboa, and lo, Saul is leaning on his spear; and lo, the chariots and those possessing horses have followed him;

1 Samuel 28:4

And the Philistines are gathered, and come in, and encamp in Shunem, and Saul gathereth all Israel, and they encamp in Gilboa,

2 Samuel 1:21

Mountains of Gilboa! No dew nor rain be on you, And fields of heave-offerings! For there hath become loathsome The shield of the mighty, The shield of Saul -- without the anointed with oil.

1 Samuel 31:1

And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,

Mountains » Names of » Lebanon

1 Kings 5:14

and he sendeth them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month, by changes, a month they are in Lebanon, two months in their own house; and Adoniram is over the tribute.

Judges 3:3

five princes of the Philistines, and all the Canaanite, and the Zidonian, and the Hivite inhabiting mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-Hermon unto the entering in of Hamath;

Ezekiel 17:3

and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, Full of feathers, that hath diverse colours, Hath come in unto Lebanon, And it taketh the foliage of the cedar,

Deuteronomy 3:25

Let me pass over, I pray Thee, and see the good land which is beyond the Jordan, this good hill-country, and Lebanon.

Mountains » Names of » Hermon

Deuteronomy 3:8

'And we take, at that time, the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorite, which is beyond the Jordan, from the brook Arnon unto mount Hermon;

Joshua 11:17

from the mount of Halak, which is going up to Seir, and unto Baal-Gad, in the valley of Lebanon, under mount Hermon; and all their kings he hath captured, and he smiteth them, and putteth them to death.

Psalm 133:3

As dew of Hermon -- That cometh down on hills of Zion, For there Jehovah commanded the blessing -- Life unto the age!

Joshua 13:11

and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurite, and of the Maachathite, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

Mountains » Afford refuge in time of danger

Genesis 14:10

And the valley of Siddim is full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the mountain.

Judges 6:2

and the hand of Midian is strong against Israel, from the presence of Midian have the sons of Israel made for themselves the flowings which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

Matthew 24:16

then those in Judea -- let them flee to the mounts;

Mountains » Abounded with » Forests

2 Kings 19:23

By the hand of thy messengers Thou hast reproached the Lord, and sayest: In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of mountains -- The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the lodging of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel.

2 Chronicles 2:2

and Solomon numbereth seventy thousand men bearing burden, and eighty thousand men hewing in the mountain, and overseers over them -- three thousand and six hundred.

2 Chronicles 2:8-10

and send to me cedar-trees, firs, and algums from Lebanon, for I have known that thy servants know to cut down trees of Lebanon, and lo, my servants are with thy servants, even to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building is great and wonderful. 'And lo, to hewers, to those cutting the trees, I have given beaten wheat to thy servants, cors twenty thousand, and barley, cors twenty thousand, and wine, baths twenty thousand, and oil, baths twenty thousand.'

Mountains » God » Causes, to melt

Psalm 97:5

Hills, like wax, melted before Jehovah, Before the Lord of all the earth.

Judges 5:5

Hills flowed from the face of Jehovah, This one -- Sinai -- From the face of Jehovah, God of Israel.

Isaiah 64:1

Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,

Isaiah 64:3

In Thy doing fearful things -- we expect not, Thou didst come down, From Thy presence did mountains flow.

Mountains » Names of » Abarim, east of jordan

Deuteronomy 32:49

Go up unto this mount Abarim, mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is on the front of Jericho, and see the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession;

Numbers 27:12

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Go up unto this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel;

Numbers 33:48

and they journey from the mountains of Abarim, and encamp in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Gilboa

2 Samuel 1:6

And the youth who is declaring it to him saith, I happened to meet in mount Gilboa, and lo, Saul is leaning on his spear; and lo, the chariots and those possessing horses have followed him;

2 Samuel 1:21

Mountains of Gilboa! No dew nor rain be on you, And fields of heave-offerings! For there hath become loathsome The shield of the mighty, The shield of Saul -- without the anointed with oil.

1 Samuel 31:1

And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,

Mountains » Names of » Hor, aaron's burial place

Numbers 20:22

And the sons of Israel, the whole company, journey from Kadesh, and come in unto mount Hor,

Numbers 33:37

And they journey from Kadesh, and encamp in mount Hor, in the extremity of the land of Edom.

Numbers 21:4

And they journey from mount Hor, the way of the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom, and the soul of the people is short in the way,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Carmel

Joshua 19:26

and Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and it toucheth against Carmel westward, and against Shihor-Libnath;

2 Kings 19:23

By the hand of thy messengers Thou hast reproached the Lord, and sayest: In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of mountains -- The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the lodging of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel.

Joshua 15:55

Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

Mountains » Illustrative » Of difficulties

Zechariah 4:7

Who art thou, O great mountain Before Zerubbabel -- for a plain! And he hath brought forth the top-stone, Cries of Grace, grace -- are to it.'

Isaiah 40:4

Every valley is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place hath become a plain, And the entangled places a valley.

Mountains » Abounded with » Spices

Song of Songs 8:14

Or to a young one of the harts on mountains of spices!

Song of Songs 4:6

Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, I will get me unto the mountain of myrrh, And unto the hill of frankincense.

Mountains » Scenes of great events » Ebal and gerizim, were read the blessings and curses

Deuteronomy 27:11-13

And Moses commandeth the people on that day, saying, 'These do stand, to bless the people, on mount Gerizzim, in your passing over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. And these do stand, for the reviling, on mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 11:29

'And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land whither thou art going in to possess it, that thou hast given the blessing on mount Gerizim, and the reviling on mount Ebal;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Olives or mount of corruption

2 Kings 23:13

And the high places that are on the front of Jerusalem, that are on the right of the mount of corruption, that Solomon king of Israel had built to Ashtoreth abomination of the Zidonians, and Chemosh abomination of Moab, and to Milcom abomination of the sons of Ammon, hath the king defiled.

1 Kings 11:7

Then doth Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is on the front of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the sons of Ammon;

Luke 21:37

And he was during the days in the temple teaching, and during the nights, going forth, he was lodging at the mount called of Olives;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Sinai

Exodus 18:20

and thou hast warned them concerning the statutes and the laws, and hast made known to them the way in which they go, and the work which they do.

Exodus 19:2

and they journey from Rephidim, and enter the wilderness of Sinai, and encamp in the wilderness; and Israel encampeth there before the mount.

Mountains » Illustrative » Of the church of God

Daniel 2:35

then broken small together have been the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, and they have been as chaff from the summer threshing-floor, and carried them away hath the wind, and no place hath been found for them: and the stone that smote the image hath become a great mountain, and hath filled all the land.

Isaiah 2:2

And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, Established is the mount of Jehovah's house, Above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the heights, And flowed unto it have all the nations.

Daniel 2:44-45

And in the days of these kings raise up doth the God of the heavens a kingdom that is not destroyed -- to the age, and its kingdom to another people is not left: it beateth small and endeth all these kingdoms, and it standeth to the age. Because that thou hast seen that out of the mountain cut hath been a stone without hands, and it hath beaten small the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king that which is to be after this; and the dream is true, and its interpretation stedfast.

Mountains » Abounded with » Deer

1 Chronicles 12:8

And of the Gadite there have been separated unto David, to the fortress, to the wilderness, mighty of valour, men of the host for battle, setting in array target and buckler, and their faces the face of the lion, and as roes on the mountains for speed:

Song of Songs 2:8

The voice of my beloved! lo, this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Tabor

Judges 4:6

And she sendeth and calleth for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kedesh-Naphtali, and saith unto him, 'Hath not Jehovah, God of Israel, commanded? go, and thou hast drawn towards mount Tabor, and hast taken with thee ten thousand men, out of the sons of Naphtali, and out of the sons of Zebulun,

Judges 4:14

And Deborah saith unto Barak, 'Rise, for this is the day in which Jehovah hath given Sisera into thy hand; hath not Jehovah gone out before thee?' And Barak goeth down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

Judges 4:12

And they declare to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam hath gone up to mount Tabor,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Ebal

Deuteronomy 27:13

And these do stand, for the reviling, on mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 11:29

'And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land whither thou art going in to possess it, that thou hast given the blessing on mount Gerizim, and the reviling on mount Ebal;

Mountains » Often selected as places for idolatrous worship

Deuteronomy 12:2

ye do utterly destroy all the places where the nations which ye are dispossessing served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the heights, and under every green tree;

2 Chronicles 21:11

also, he hath made high places in the mountains of Judah, and causeth the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit whoredom, and compelleth Judah.

Mountains » Names of » Nebo

Deuteronomy 32:49

Go up unto this mount Abarim, mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is on the front of Jericho, and see the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession;

Deuteronomy 34:1

And Moses goeth up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which is on the front of Jericho, and Jehovah sheweth him all the land -- Gilead unto Dan,

Mountains » Abounded with » Wild beasts

Song of Songs 4:8

Come from Lebanon, come thou in. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Shenir and Hermon, From the habitations of lions, From the mountains of leopards.

Habakkuk 2:17

For violence to Lebanon doth cover thee, And spoil of beasts doth affright them, Because of man's blood, and of violence to the land, To the city, and to all dwelling in it.

Mountains » Abounded with » Vineyards

2 Chronicles 26:10

and he buildeth towers in the wilderness, and diggeth many wells, for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plain, husbandmen and vine-dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel; for he was a lover of the ground.

Jeremiah 31:5

Again thou dost plant vineyards In mountains of Samaria, Planters have planted, and made common.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Pisgah, (part of abarim)

Deuteronomy 34:1

And Moses goeth up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which is on the front of Jericho, and Jehovah sheweth him all the land -- Gilead unto Dan,

Numbers 21:20

and from Bamoth in the valley which is in the field of Moab to the top of Pisgah, which hath looked on the front of the wilderness.

Mountains » Are the sources of springs and rivers

Deuteronomy 8:7

'For Jehovah thy God is bringing thee in unto a good land, a land of brooks of waters, of fountains, and of depths coming out in valley and in mountain:

Psalm 104:8-10

They go up hills -- they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them. A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth. Who is sending forth fountains in valleys, Between hills they go on.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Nebo, (part of abarim)

Numbers 32:3

Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon --

Deuteronomy 34:1

And Moses goeth up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which is on the front of Jericho, and Jehovah sheweth him all the land -- Gilead unto Dan,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Moriah

2 Chronicles 3:1

And Solomon beginneth to build the house of Jehovah, in Jerusalem, in the mount of Moriah, where He appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,

Genesis 22:2

And He saith, 'Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.'

Mountains » Illustrative » (burning,) of destructive enemies

Jeremiah 51:25

Lo, I am against thee, O destroying mount, An affirmation of Jehovah, That is destroying all the earth, And I have stretched out My hand against thee, And I have rolled thee from the rocks, And given thee for a burnt mountain.

Revelation 8:8

And the second messenger did sound, and as it were a great mountain with fire burning was cast into the sea, and the third of the sea became blood,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Gerizim

Deuteronomy 11:29

'And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land whither thou art going in to possess it, that thou hast given the blessing on mount Gerizim, and the reviling on mount Ebal;

Judges 9:7

and they declare it to Jotham, and he goeth and standeth on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifteth up his voice, and calleth, and saith to them, 'Hearken unto me, O masters of Shechem, and God doth hearken unto you:

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Hor

Numbers 20:22

And the sons of Israel, the whole company, journey from Kadesh, and come in unto mount Hor,

Numbers 34:7-8

'And this is to you the north border: from the great sea ye mark out for yourselves mount Hor; from mount Hor ye mark out to go in to Hamath, and the outgoings of the border have been to Zedad;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Gilead

Genesis 31:21

and he fleeth, he and all that he hath, and riseth, and passeth over the River, and setteth his face toward the mount of Gilead.

Genesis 31:25

And Laban overtaketh Jacob; and Jacob hath fixed his tent in the mount; and Laban with his brethren have fixed theirs in the mount of Gilead.

Mountains » Names of » Ararat, in armenia

Jeremiah 51:27

Lift ye up an ensign in the land, Blow a trumpet among nations, Sanctify against it nations, Summon against it the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz, Appoint against it an infant head, Cause the horse to ascend as the rough cankerworm.

Genesis 8:4

And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;

Mountains » Scenes of great events » Sinai, the law was given

Exodus 19:11

and have been prepared for the third day; for on the third day doth Jehovah come down before the eyes of all the people, on mount Sinai.

Exodus 19:20

And Jehovah cometh down on mount Sinai, unto the top of the mount, and Jehovah calleth for Moses unto the top of the mount, and Moses goeth up.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Seir

Genesis 14:6

and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-Paran, which is by the wilderness;

Genesis 36:8

and Esau dwelleth in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

Mountains » Illustrative » (breaking forth into singing,) of exceeding joy

Isaiah 44:23

Sing, O heavens, for Jehovah hath wrought, Shout, O lower parts of earth, Break forth, O mountains, with singing, Forest, and every tree in it, For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, And in Israel He doth beautify Himself.

Isaiah 55:12

For with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The mountains and the hills Break forth before you with singing, And all trees of the field clap the hand.

Mountains » Abounded with » Stone for building

1 Kings 5:14

and he sendeth them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month, by changes, a month they are in Lebanon, two months in their own house; and Adoniram is over the tribute.

1 Kings 5:17

And the king commandeth, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones;

Mountains » Sometimes selected as places for divine worship

Genesis 22:2

And He saith, 'Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.'

Genesis 22:5

and Abraham saith unto his young men, 'Remain by yourselves here with the ass, and I and the youth go yonder and worship, and turn back unto you.'

Mountains » Often inhabited

Joshua 11:21

And Joshua cometh at that time, and cutteth off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, even from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel; with their cities hath Joshua devoted them.

Genesis 36:8

and Esau dwelleth in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

Mountains » Illustrative » (made waste,) of desolation

Malachi 1:3

Is not Esau Jacob's brother? -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness.

Isaiah 42:15

I make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up.

Mountains » God » Causes, to smoke

Psalm 104:32

Who is looking to earth, and it trembleth, He cometh against hills, and they smoke.

Psalm 144:5

Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.

Mountains » Beacons or ensigns often raised upon

Isaiah 30:17

One thousand because of the rebuke of one, Because of the rebuke of five ye flee, Till ye have been surely left as a pole On the top of the mountain, And as an ensign on the height.

Isaiah 13:2

'On a high mountain lift ye up an ensign, Raise the voice to them, wave the hand, And they go in to the openings of nobles.

Mountains » Many exceeding high

Psalm 104:18

The high hills are for wild goats, Rocks are a refuge for conies,

Isaiah 2:14

And for all the high mountains, And for all the exalted heights,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Ephraim

Judges 2:9

and they bury him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-Heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of mount Gaash;

Joshua 17:15

And Joshua saith unto them, 'If thou art a numerous people, go up for thee to the forest, then thou hast prepared for thee there, in the land of the Perizzite, and of the Rephaim, when mount Ephraim hath been narrow for thee.'

Mountains » Illustrative » Of persons in authority

Isaiah 44:23

Sing, O heavens, for Jehovah hath wrought, Shout, O lower parts of earth, Break forth, O mountains, with singing, Forest, and every tree in it, For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, And in Israel He doth beautify Himself.

Psalm 72:3

The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.

Mountains » God » Causes, to tremble

Nahum 1:5

Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted; And lifted up is the earth at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it.

Habakkuk 3:10

Seen thee -- pained are mountains, An inundation of waters hath passed over, Given forth hath the deep its voice, High its hands it hath lifted up.

Mountains » God » Causes, to skip

Psalm 114:4

The mountains have skipped as rams, Heights as sons of a flock.

Psalm 114:6

O mountains, ye skip as rams! O heights, as sons of a flock!

Mountains » Collect the vapors which ascend from the earth

Psalm 104:8

They go up hills -- they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them.

Psalm 104:6

The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand.

Mountains » Abounded with » Precious things

Deuteronomy 33:15

And by chief things -- of the ancient mountains, And by precious things -- of the age-during heights,

Mountains » Called » The ancient mountains

Deuteronomy 33:15

And by chief things -- of the ancient mountains, And by precious things -- of the age-during heights,

Mountains » God » Sets the foundations of, on fire

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, And it burneth unto Sheol -- the lowest, And consumeth earth and its increase, And setteth on fire foundations of mountains.

Mountains » God » Overturns

Job 9:5

Who is removing mountains, And they have not known, Who hath overturned them in His anger.

Job 28:9

Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.

Mountains » Canaan abounded in

Deuteronomy 11:11

but the land whither ye are passing over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys; of the rain of the heavens it drinketh water;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Abarim

Numbers 33:47-48

And they journey from Almon-Diblathaim, and encamp in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo; and they journey from the mountains of Abarim, and encamp in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Lebanon

Deuteronomy 3:25

Let me pass over, I pray Thee, and see the good land which is beyond the Jordan, this good hill-country, and Lebanon.

Mountains » Abounded with » Minerals

Deuteronomy 8:9

a land in which without scarcity thou dost eat bread, thou dost not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of its mountains thou dost dig brass;

Mountains » The elevated parts of the earth

Genesis 7:19-20

And the waters have been very very mighty on the earth, and covered are all the high mountains which are under the whole heavens; fifteen cubits upwards have the waters become mighty, and the mountains are covered;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Hachilah

1 Samuel 23:19

And the Ziphites go up unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, 'Is not David hiding himself with us in fortresses, in the forest, in the height of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desolate place?

Mountains » Abounded with » Game

1 Samuel 26:20

And now, let not my blood fall to the earth over-against the face of Jehovah, for the king of Israel hath come out to seek one flea, as one pursueth the partridge in mountains.'

Mountains » Abounded with » Herbs

Proverbs 27:25

Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.

Mountains » Scenes of great events » Carmel, occurred elijah's sacrifice

1 Kings 18:19

and now, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto the mount of Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the shrine, four hundred -- eating at the table of Jezebel.'

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Beth-el

1 Samuel 13:2

and Saul chooseth for himself three thousand men out of Israel; and two thousand are with Saul in Michmash, and in the hill-country of Beth-El; and a thousand have been with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the remnant of the people he hath sent each to his tents.

Mountains » Names of » Beth-el

1 Samuel 13:2

and Saul chooseth for himself three thousand men out of Israel; and two thousand are with Saul in Michmash, and in the hill-country of Beth-El; and a thousand have been with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the remnant of the people he hath sent each to his tents.

Mountains » Called » Everlasting hills

Genesis 49:26

Thy father's blessings have been mighty Above the blessings of my progenitors, Unto the limit of the heights age-during They are for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the one Separate from his brethren.

Mountains » Volcanic fires of, alluded to

Isaiah 64:1-2

Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow, (As fire kindleth stubble -- Fire causeth water to boil,) To make known Thy name to Thine adversaries, From Thy presence do nations tremble.

Mountains » Scenes of great events » Horeb, moses saw the burning bush

Exodus 3:1-2

And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb; and there appeareth unto him a messenger of Jehovah in a flame of fire, out of the midst of the bush, and he seeth, and lo, the bush is burning with fire, and the bush is not consumed.

Mountains » Scenes of great events » Moriah, abraham sacrificed isaac

Genesis 22:2

And He saith, 'Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.'

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Hermon

Joshua 13:11

and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurite, and of the Maachathite, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Amalek

Judges 12:15

And Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, dieth, and is buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekite.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Sion

2 Samuel 5:7

And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it is the city of David.

Mountains » Illustrative » (threshing of,) of heavy judgments

Isaiah 41:15

Lo, I have set thee for a new sharp threshing instrument, Possessing teeth, thou threshest mountains, And beatest small, and hills as chaff thou makest.

Mountains » Called » The everlasting mountains

Habakkuk 3:6

He hath stood, and He measureth earth, He hath seen, and He shaketh off nations, And scatter themselves do mountains of antiquity, Bowed have the hills of old, The ways of old are His.

Mountains » Called » Perpetual hills

Habakkuk 3:6

He hath stood, and He measureth earth, He hath seen, and He shaketh off nations, And scatter themselves do mountains of antiquity, Bowed have the hills of old, The ways of old are His.

Mountains » Called » God's mountains

Isaiah 49:11

And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up.

Mountains » God » Waters, from his chambers

Psalm 104:13

Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied.

Mountains » God » Weighs, in a balance

Isaiah 40:12

Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters? And the heavens by a span hath meted out, And comprehended in a measure the dust of the earth, And hath weighed in scales the mountains, And the hills in a balance?

Mountains » God » Makes waste

Isaiah 42:15

I make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up.

Mountains » God » Scatters

Habakkuk 3:6

He hath stood, and He measureth earth, He hath seen, and He shaketh off nations, And scatter themselves do mountains of antiquity, Bowed have the hills of old, The ways of old are His.

Mountains » Scenes of great events » On ararat, the ark rested

Genesis 8:4

And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Ararat

Genesis 8:4

And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Bashan

Psalm 68:15

A hill of God is the hill of Bashan, A hill of heights is the hill of Bashan.

Mountains » Illustrative » Of proud and haughty persons

Isaiah 2:14

And for all the high mountains, And for all the exalted heights,

Mountains » Names of » Bashan

Psalm 68:15

A hill of God is the hill of Bashan, A hill of heights is the hill of Bashan.

Mountains » God » Parches, with draught

Haggai 1:11

And I proclaim draught on the land, And on the mountains, and on the corn, And on the new wine, and on the oil, And on what the ground doth bring forth, And on man, and on beast, And on all labour of the hands.'

Mountains » Proclamations often made from

Isaiah 40:9

On a high mountain get thee up, O Zion, Proclaiming tidings, Lift up with power thy voice, O Jerusalem, proclaiming tidings, Lift up, fear not, say to cities of Judah, 'Lo, your God.'

Mountains » A defence to a country

Psalm 125:2

Jerusalem! mountains are round about her, And Jehovah is round about His people, From henceforth even unto the age.

Mountains » Made to glorify God

Psalm 148:9

The mountains and all heights, Fruit tree, and all cedars,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Horeb

Exodus 3:1

And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Moreh

Judges 7:1

And Jerubbaal (he is Gideon) riseth early, and all the people who are with him, and they encamp by the well of Harod, and the camp of Midian hath been on the south of him, on the height of Moreh, in the valley.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Mizar

Psalm 42:6

In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

Mountains » Illustrative » Of God's righteousness

Mountains » Names of » Mizar

Psalm 42:6

In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

Mountains » God » Gives strength to

Psalm 95:4

In whose hand are the deep places of earth, And the strong places of hills are His.

Mountains » God » Set fast

Mountains » Scenes of great events » Olivet, occurred Christ's ascension

Acts 1:12

Then did they return to Jerusalem from the mount that is called of Olives, that is near Jerusalem, a sabbath's journey;

Mountains » Illustrative » (dropping new wine,) of abundance

Amos 9:13

Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And come nigh hath the ploughman to the reaper, And the treader of grapes to the scatterer of seed, And the mountains have dropped juice, And all the hills do melt.

Mountains » Called » Pillars of heaven

Job 26:11

Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.

Mountains » God » Formed

Amos 4:13

For, lo, the former of mountains, and creator of wind, And the declarer to man what is His thought, He is making dawn obscurity, And is treading on high places of earth, Jehovah, God of Hosts, is His name!

Mountains » Scenes of great events » Hermon or tabor, Christ was transfigured

Mark 9:2

And after six days doth Jesus take Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up to a high mount by themselves, alone, and he was transfigured before them,

Mountains » God » Removes

Job 9:5

Who is removing mountains, And they have not known, Who hath overturned them in His anger.

Paran » Mountains

Deuteronomy 33:2

and he saith: -- 'Jehovah from Sinai hath come, And hath risen from Seir for them; He hath shone from mount Paran, And hath come with myriads of holy ones; At His right hand are springs for them.

Habakkuk 3:3

God from Teman doth come, The Holy One from mount Paran. Pause! Covered the heavens hath His majesty, And His praise hath filled the earth.

Shamir » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:48

And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

Socoh » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:48

And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

Timnah » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:57

Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities and their villages.

Topics on Mountains

Blessings From The Mountains

Joel 3:18

And it hath come to pass, in that day, Drop down do the mountains juice, And the hills do flow with milk, And all streams of Judah do go with water, And a fountain from the house of Jehovah goeth forth, And hath watered the valley of Shittim.

Escaping To Mountains

Hosea 10:8

And destroyed have been high places of Aven, the sin of Israel. Thorn and bramble go up on their altars, And they have said to hills, Cover us, And to heights, Fall upon us.

Going Up Mountains

Haggai 1:8

Go up the mountain, and ye have brought in wood, And build the house, and I am pleased with it. And I am honoured, said Jehovah.

Mountains Quaking

Jeremiah 4:24

I have looked to the mountains, And lo, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselves lightly.

Mountains Removed

Zechariah 4:7

Who art thou, O great mountain Before Zerubbabel -- for a plain! And he hath brought forth the top-stone, Cries of Grace, grace -- are to it.'

Seven Mountains

Revelation 17:9-10

Here is the mind that is having wisdom; the seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman doth sit,

The Mountains Of Israel

Ezekiel 17:22

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set it, From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop, And I -- I have planted it on a mountain high and lofty.

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