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Mount Zion is a hill located in Jerusalem that has held deep religious and historical significance for centuries. It matters because it is sacred to multiple faiths—particularly Judaism and Christianity—and has been central to both spiritual beliefs and political identities throughout history.
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Mount Zion (Hebrew: הַר צִיּוֹן, Har Ṣīyyōn; Arabic: جبل صهيون, Jabal Ṣihyawn) is a hill in Jerusalem, located just outside the walls of the Old City to the south. The term Mount Zion has been used in the Hebrew Bible first for the City of David (2 Samuel 5:7, 1 Chronicles 11:5; 1 Kings 8:1, 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. In a wider sense, the term Zion is also used for the entire Land of Israel.
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