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9,200 feet above sea level,
The highest mountain in Israel, Lebanon, and Syria.
The mountain is actually a cluster of mountains with three distinct
summits.
Historical and
Biblical Significance
* Mount Hermon was also called Senir by the Amorites.
Sirion by the Sidonians {Deut 3:9; Ps 29:6; 1 Chr 5:23; Song 4:8; Ezek
27:5}
* The mountain served as the northern boundary of the
Land promised by God to Israel {Deut 3:8}
Also was the northern limit of the Conquest {Josh 11:17; 12:1; 13:5}
* The high places of Mount Hermon were apparently
used by the Canaanites for their pagan religious rituals.
Referred to the mountain as Mount Baal-hermon {Judg 3:3}
* Mount Hermon was a possible site of the Transfiguration,
where Jesus took three of His disciples, Peter, James, and John,
up on a high mountain for prayer.
Before their eyes, Jesus was transfigured.
He became radiantly white and conversed with Moses and Elijah,
who had appeared beside Him.
The disciples’ amazement and fear were further increased,
when a voice from heaven exclaimed,
"This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased;
Listen to Him!" {Matt 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:29-36}
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