Moriah
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Moriah is the name given in the Book of Genesis to the region where the binding of Isaac by Abraham is said to have taken place. Jews identify the region mentioned in Genesis and the specific mountain
The area around Mount Gerizim is identified by the Samaritans as the "land of Moriah", or "Moreh".
Jewish Golden Books by Filippo Biagioli, dedicated to Mount Moriah and Abraham
Araunah
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Araunah was a Jebusite mentioned in the Second Book of Samuel, who owned the threshing floor on Mount Moriah which David purchased and used as the site for assembling an altar to God. The First Book o
Moriah
…by David." Whereas the mention of Moriah in Genesis could be referring to any mountainous region, the Book of Chronicles says that the location of Araunah's threshing floor is on "Mount Moriah" and that the Temple of Solomon was built over Araunah's threshing floor. This has led to the classical rabbinical supposition that…
King David purchasing the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite (19th/20th century)
David and Araunah making offerings at the altar (circle of Lambert Jacobsz, 17th century)