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Mount of Olives

Where Mount of Olives sits on the map, and the 18 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.

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Coordinates
31.7779, 35.2457
Mentions
18 mentions

Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.

Passages where it appears

18 verses, in biblical order.

2 Samuel

  • 2 Samuel 15:30

    But David ascended to the Mount of Olives, climbing and weeping, advancing with bare feet and with his head covered. Moreover, all the people who were with him ascended, weeping with their heads covered.

  • 2 Samuel 15:32

    And when David had ascended to the summit of the mountain, where he was going to adore the Lord, behold Hushai the Archite met him, with his garment torn and his head covered with soil.

  • 2 Samuel 16:1

    And when David had passed a little beyond the top of the mountain, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, appeared to meet him, with two donkeys, which were burdened with two hundred loaves, and one hundred bunches of dried grapes, and one hundred masses of dried figs, and a skin of wine.

1 Kings

  • 1 Kings 11:7

    Then Solomon built a shrine for Chemosh, the idol of Moab, on the mount that is opposite Jerusalem, and for Milcom, the idol of the sons of Ammon.

2 Kings

  • 2 Kings 23:13

    Also, the high places which were in Jerusalem, to the right side of the Mount of Offense, which Solomon, the king of Israel, had built to Ashtoreth, the idol of the Sidonians, and to Chemosh, the offense of Moab, and to Milcom, the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.

Zechariah

  • Zechariah 14:4

    And his feet will stand firm, in that day, upon the Mount of Olives, which is opposite Jerusalem towards the East. And the mount of Olives will be divided down its center part, towards the East and towards the West, with a very great rupture, and the center of the mountain will be separated towards the North, and its center towards the Meridian.

Matthew

  • Matthew 21:1

    And when they had drawn near to Jerusalem, and had arrived at Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

  • Matthew 24:3

    Then, when he was seated at the Mount of Olives, the disciples drew near to him privately, saying: “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of your advent and of the consummation of the age?”

  • Matthew 26:30

    And after a hymn was sung, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Mark

  • Mark 11:1

    And as they were approaching Jerusalem and Bethania, toward the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

  • Mark 13:3

    And as he sat at the Mount of Olives, opposite the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew questioned him privately.

  • Mark 14:26

    And having sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Luke

  • Luke 19:29

    And it happened that, when he had drawn near to Bethphage and Bethania, to the mount which is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,

  • Luke 19:37

    And when he was now drawing near to the descent of Mount Olivet, the entire crowd of his disciples began to praise God joyfully, with a loud voice, over all the powerful works which they had seen,

  • Luke 21:37

    Now in the daytime, he was teaching in the temple. But truly, departing in the evening, he lodged on the mount that is called Olivet.

  • Luke 22:39

    And departing, he went out, according to his custom, to the Mount of Olives. And his disciples also followed him.

John

  • John 8:1

    But Jesus continued on to the Mount of Olives.

Acts

  • Acts 1:12

    Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain, which is called Olivet, which is next to Jerusalem, within a Sabbath day’s journey.

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