Place
Moriah
The mountain of the binding of Isaac — later the temple mount (2 Chr 3:1).
Where it is
- Region
- Jerusalem
Moriah in Scripture
2 verses name it — all of them- Genesis 22:2And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
- 2 Chronicles 3:1Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where Jehovah appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
The account
The mountain where Abraham offers Isaac and names the place Jehovah-Jireh, 'the LORD will provide' (Gen 22). Chronicles identifies it with the temple mount in Jerusalem.