Moriah

A written article for Moriah is still to come. Below and alongside: where Moriah appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.

  • Moriah
  • Moriah (about 2 km around Mount Gerizim)

Original word

  • מוֹרִיָּה moriah
    H4179
Citations
“Moriah.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/moriah. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.
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Where Moriah appears in Scripture

Genesis 22

וַיֹּאמֶר קַח-נָא אֶת-בִּנְךָ אֶת-יְחִֽידְךָ אֲשֶׁר-אָהַבְתָּ אֶת-יִצְחָק וְלֶךְ-לְךָ אֶל-אֶרֶץ הַמֹּֽרִיָּה וְהַֽעֲלֵהוּ שָׁם לְעֹלָה עַל אַחַד הֶֽהָרִים אֲשֶׁר אֹמַר אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
2
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, 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

וַיָּחֶל שְׁלֹמֹה לִבְנוֹת אֶת-בֵּית-יְהוָה בִּירוּשָׁלִַם בְּהַר הַמּוֹרִיָּה אֲשֶׁר נִרְאָה לְדָוִיד אָבִיהוּ אֲשֶׁר הֵכִין בִּמְקוֹם דָּוִיד בְּגֹרֶן אָרְנָן הַיְבוּסִֽי׃
1
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.