Mount Mizar
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| Type | hill and mountain and settlement and wadi |
|---|---|
| Also called | Hill Mizar, Mizar, mountain of Mizar |
| Most likely | within 30 km of Mount Hermon (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 33.400° N, 35.850° E |
| Mentioned in | 1 verse |
| First mention | Psalm 42:6 |
Mount Mizar is a hill and mountain and settlement and wadi named in 1 verse of the Bible. It is most likely within 30 km of Mount Hermon (low confidence; 7 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| within 30 km of Mount Hermon | low (32%) | 33.400° N, 35.850° E |
| another name for Mount Hermon | very low (13%) | 33.400° N, 35.850° E |
| not a proper name (small mountain or symbolic) | very low (10%) | — |
| another name for Mount Zion | very low (8%) | 31.772° N, 35.229° E |
| within 5 km of Za’ura | very low (8%) | 33.219° N, 35.710° E |
| Wadi Za’arah | very low (2%) | 33.230° N, 35.697° E |
| another name for Dan | very low (2%) | 33.249° N, 35.652° E |
| Khirbet Mezara | very low (1%) | 33.261° N, 35.708° E |
Verses
Psalms
- Psalm 42:6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.