Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Steve Miller" <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>]

Oun,
When I look up Zion in "The Book of Jewish Knowledge" it just says "See
Temple, The". However I see no Biblical usage of "Zion" to mean "the temple"
in the Bible, but it is the site of the temple. It is the place God chose to
dwell (Ps 132:13).

Sincerely,
-Steve Miller
Detroit
www.voiceInWilderness.info
Judge me, O my Lord, for I have walked,
    walked in my integrity,
and I have put my trust in the Lord.
    I'll not slide away from Thee. (Ps 26:1)


> From: Oun Kwon
> 
> I'm stuck with it specifically as a metaphor. Not about question of the
> various geographic locations possibly referred by Zion in the O.T.
> times down to the modern time.
> 
> In the (in)famous Wikipedia, it briefly mentioned
> 
> '[Zion ....] and later became a metonym for Solomon's Temple in
> Jerusalem, the city of Jerusalem and generally, the Promised Land to
> come.
> 
> I always understood it as a metaphor for Jerusalem, but the Temple (be
> it Solomon's or Herod's)?  Is  there any source where I can be
> convinced of this usage? Of course, I could not see any in that article
> to go further.
> 
> Thank your for your help.
> 
> Oun Kwon.