Bible Dictionaries
Corruption, Mount of
Holman Bible Dictionary
Hill east of Jerusalem near the Mount of Olives where Solomon built altars to the gods of his foreign wives (1 Kings 11:7 ). These places of worship were destroyed by Josiah (2 Kings 23:13 ). The name is probably a word play by the biblical writer on Mount of Oil, an early name of the Mount of Olives and a word spelled much like Mount of Corruption or Destruction.
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Corruption, Mount of'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​c/corruption-mount-of.html. 1991.