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Zion

Zion

31.7767°, 35.2342°

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Where the Bible names it (148)

  1. 2 Samuel 5:7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
  2. 1 Kings 8:1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.
  3. 2 Kings 19:21 This is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: “The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
  4. 1 Chronicles 11:5 The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You shall not come in here.” Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. The same is the city of David.
  5. 2 Chronicles 5:2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.
  6. Psalms 2:6 “Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
  7. Psalms 9:11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
  8. Psalms 9:14 that I may show all of your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.
  9. Psalms 14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
  10. Psalms 20:2 send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion,
  11. Psalms 48:12 Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.
  12. Psalms 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.
  13. Psalms 51:18 Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.
  14. Psalms 53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
  15. Psalms 65:1 Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. To you shall vows be performed.
  16. Psalms 69:35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
  17. Psalms 76:2 His tabernacle is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion.
  18. Psalms 84:5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you; who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
  19. Psalms 84:7 They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.
  20. Psalms 87:2 Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
  21. Psalms 87:5 Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her”; the Most High himself will establish her.
  22. Psalms 97:8 Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced, because of your judgments, Yahweh.
  23. Psalms 99:2 Yahweh is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples.
  24. Psalms 102:13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.
  25. Psalms 102:16 For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
  26. Psalms 102:21 that men may declare Yahweh’s name in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
  27. Psalms 110:2 Yahweh will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies.
  28. Psalms 126:1 When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.
  29. Psalms 128:5 May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
  30. Psalms 129:5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
  31. Psalms 132:13 For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
  32. Psalms 133:3 like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion: for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forever more.
  33. Psalms 134:3 May Yahweh bless you from Zion; even he who made heaven and earth.
  34. Psalms 135:21 Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
  35. Psalms 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
  36. Psalms 137:3 For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
  37. Psalms 146:10 Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!
  38. Psalms 147:12 Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
  39. Psalms 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
  40. Song of Solomon 3:11 Go out, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart.
  41. Isaiah 1:8 The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.
  42. Isaiah 1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.
  43. Isaiah 2:3 Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For out of Zion the law shall go out, and Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem.
  44. Isaiah 3:16 Moreover Yahweh said, “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;
  45. Isaiah 3:17 therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, and Yahweh will make their scalps bald.”
  46. Isaiah 3:26 Her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit on the ground.
  47. Isaiah 4:3 It will happen, that he who is left in Zion, and he who remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem;
  48. Isaiah 4:4 when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.
  49. Isaiah 10:24 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, says “My people who dwell in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt did.
  50. Isaiah 10:32 This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
  51. Isaiah 12:6 Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for the Holy One of Israel is great in your midst!”
  52. Isaiah 14:32 What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
  53. Isaiah 16:1 Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
  54. Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.
  55. Isaiah 30:19 For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.
  56. Isaiah 31:9 His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner,” says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
  57. Isaiah 33:5 Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
  58. Isaiah 33:6 There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.
  59. Isaiah 33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
  60. Isaiah 33:20 Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

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