Zion

Zion is a place-name in ancient JerusalemJerusalemJerusalem is a city of religious importance in Judaism, Christianity and IslamGlossary · Click to read the explanation. 2 Samuel 5:7 calls it the 'stronghold of Zion' and identifies it with David's city. In later texts the term can designate Jerusalem or its religious centre. Each occurrence therefore needs its own context rather than one fixed map point. ^[1]

The retelling of Abraham's sacrifice in JubileesBook of JubileesJewish retelling of Genesis and Exodus framed as angelic teaching to Moses, adding chronology, narratives and interpretation.Glossary · Click to read the explanation 18 links the scene to Zion. This is a later Jewish interpretation, not independent archaeological identification of Genesis's Moriah. The photograph shows modern excavations on Jerusalem's eastern hill, relevant to the city history but not a location of Abraham's narrated sacrifice. ^[2][3]