Mount Zion

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Mount Zion (Template:Lang-he transliteration: Har Tziyyon - "Height") is an archaic term that originally referred to a specific mountain near Jerusalem, on which stood a Jebusite fortress of the same name, that was conquered by David. The term became a synecdoche referring to the entire Jerusalem and the Land of Israel.

For the Biblical and historical use of the name, see Zion.

For other places and usages of Zion, see Zion (disambiguation).

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