Mount of Olives
Mount of Olives appears in 18 verses of the Bible, from 2 Samuel to Acts.
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Mount of Olives is the ridge east of Jerusalem where Jesus prayed in Gethsemane and ascended to heaven, and where Zechariah foresees the Lord's return.
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David walked up the road to the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went. His head was covered and his feet were bare as a sign of mourning. And the people who were with him covered their heads and wept as they climbed the hill.
2 Samuel 15:30 · Read the chapter -
On the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, he even built a pagan shrine for Chemosh, the detestable god of Moab, and another for Molech, the detestable god of the Ammonites.
1 Kings 11:7 · Read the chapter -
The king also desecrated the pagan shrines east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, where King Solomon of Israel had built shrines for Ashtoreth, the detestable goddess of the Sidonians; and for Chemosh, the detestable god of the Moabites; and for Molech, the vile god of the Ammonites.
2 Kings 23:13 · Read the chapter -
On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. And the Mount of Olives will split apart, making a wide valley running from east to west. Half the mountain will move toward the north and half toward the south.
Zechariah 14:4 · Read the chapter -
As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the town of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead.
Matthew 21:1 · Read the chapter -
As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead.
Mark 11:1 · Read the chapter
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