Zion in Easton's Bible Dictionary
sunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was
built. It was surrounded on all sides, except the
north, by deep
valleys, that of the Tyropoeon (q.v.) separating it
from Moriah
(q.v.), which it surpasses in height by 105 feet. It
was the
south-eastern hill of Jerusalem.
When David took it from the Jebusites (Josh. 15:63;
2 Sam.
5:7) he built on it a citadel and a palace, and it
became "the
city of David" (1 Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 19:21, 31; 1
Chr. 11:5). In
the later books of the Old Testament this name was
sometimes
used (Ps. 87:2; 149:2; Isa. 33:14; Joel 2:1) to
denote Jerusalem
in general, and sometimes God's chosen Israel (Ps.
51:18; 87:5).
In the New Testament (see SION -T0003448) it is used
sometimes
to denote the Church of God (Heb. 12:22), and
sometimes the
heavenly city (Rev. 14:1).
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