Mountains · Judea
Mount Moriah
What was Mount Moriah?
Moriah is the mount where Abraham was tested with Isaac — and where Solomon later built the temple.
TodayThe Temple Mount, Jerusalem (by tradition)
EventsThe binding of Isaac; the temple built
Name echo“The LORD will provide”
“Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love… to the land of Moriah.” There Abraham bound his son, and there God provided the ram: “On the mount of the LORD it will be provided.”
Chronicles names the same height as the temple site: “Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah.”
Altar, temple, and providing God — the mount binds the Bible’s story of sacrifice together.
Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)
Genesis 22:2 ““Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”” Genesis 22:14 “And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”” 2 Chronicles 3:1 “Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.”
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Original BibleDawn profile. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy. Scripture quoted from the public-domain Berean Standard Bible.