4 Facts About Zion

1. Today, Mount Zion refers to a hill south of the Old City's Armenian Quarter, not to the Temple Mount.

2. Zion is the Hebrew name for a hill south of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, upon which was built the City of David.

3. Mount Zion held a Jebusite fortress of the same name that was conquered by David and was re-named the City of David; see Names of Jerusalem.

4. Zion is a placename often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the biblical Land of Israel as a whole.