mount of olives

     

The Mount of Olives (also Mount Olivet, Arabic: جبل الزيتون, الطور‎, Jebel az-Zeitun, Jebel at-Tur, "Mount of the Summit" Hebrew: הר הזיתים‎, Har HaZeitim;) is a mountain rige to the east of Jerusalem. It is named for the olive groves on its slopes and is associated with many religious traditions.

Trivia about mount of olives

  • Among those buried on this Jerusalem mount, or believed to be, are the prophet Haggai & Prince Philip's mother
  • (Alex overlooks Jerusalem from a hillside) This Mount, overlooking Jerusalem, appears often in the Bible, as in the end of days in Zachariah, when the Lord fights against the nations, and his feet shall stand upon it
  • The Chapel of the Ascension is on this mount that overlooks Jerusalem's old city

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