Location:

• Biblical: tsiyyon (צִיּוֹן) — the stronghold/fortress conquered by David, the City of David, the mountain/hill of the LORD's house, Jerusalem, Mount Zion where the LORD reigns.
• Modern Location:

Significance:

• First mention: 2 Samuel 5:7 — the fortress of Zion, the same is the city of David.
• Last mention: Hebrews 12:22 — Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.
• Symbolic: God's chosen dwelling place, the holy city, the mountain of the LORD's house exalted above the hills, source of law and word of the LORD, place of eternal reign, deliverance and holiness.
• Major Events:
  • David captures the stronghold of Zion (2 Samuel 5:7);
  • the LORD reigns over the remnant in Mount Zion forever (Micah 4:7);
  • out of Zion the law shall go forth (Micah 4:2);
  • future exaltation and peoples flowing to it in the latter days (Micah 4:1);
  • place of God's rest and desire (Psalm 132:13-14).

People

• David (capturer of the stronghold of Zion, 2 Samuel 5:7);
• the daughter of Zion (personified Jerusalem or people);
• the lame and outcast gathered and made strong (Micah 4:6-7);
• the remnant over whom the LORD reigns in Mount Zion.

Connections

• City of David; mountain of the LORD's house;
• Jerusalem;
• the law and word of the LORD going forth from Zion/Jerusalem (Micah 4:2);
• eternal kingdom and reign of the LORD (Micah 4:7);
• heavenly Jerusalem (Hebrews 12:22).