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- Moriah:
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- "A land or district where Abraham was told to offer up Isaac (Gen 22:2). It was about a three day's journey from Beersheba where Abraham was living when given the command. Its location is not given. Jewish tradition has identified it with Jerusalem; Samaritan tradition identifies it with Mount Gerizim. According to 2 Chronicles 3:1, Solomon built the temple on Mount Moriah, where God had appeared to David (1 Chron 21:15-22:1). Whether this is the same Mount Moriah mentioned in the account of Abraham is not certain." (The New International Dictionary of the Bible, © 1987 Zondervan, p. 671)