Bible fact · Literary or interpretive observation
Moriah: Abraham's mountain and the temple site
God sent Abraham to "the land of Moriah", and Chronicles says Solomon built the temple on Mount Moriah. Genesis 22:22 Chronicles 3:1
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"Take your son... Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of." Genesis 22:2
"Then Solomon began to build the LORD's house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to David his father." 2 Chronicles 3:1
What the Bible does not say
Genesis speaks of "the land of Moriah" and one of its mountains; that it is the very same spot as the temple is a widely held identification.
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Genesis 22:2 WEB
2He said, “Now take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.”
2 Chronicles 3:1 WEB
1Then Solomon began to build the LORD’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to David his father, which he prepared in the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.