Bible Dictionary
CORRUPTION, MOUNT OF
The Mount of Corruption was the hill east of Jerusalem where Solomon built high places for Ashtoreth, Chemosh, and Milcom. It is identified with the southern height of the Mount of Olives.
Definition
The Mount of Corruption is the hill east of Jerusalem where Solomon built high places for Ashtoreth, Chemosh, and Milcom. It is identified with the southern height of the Mount of Olives.
Biblical Usage
The mountain is associated with Solomon’s idolatrous high places and is named in the account of their removal.
Historical Background
The southern height was later called the Mount of Offence and is known in Arabic as Baten el-Hawa. The name may be a corruption of “Mount of Anointing,” an older name of the Mount of Olives.
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>(har ha-mashchith; to oros tou Mosoath): The hill on the right hand of which Solomon built high places for Ashtoreth, Chemosh and Milcom (2Ki 23:13). The mountain referred to is no doubt the Mount of Olives. The high places would, therefore, be on the southern height called in later Christian writings the "Mount of Offence," and now, by the Arabs, Baten el-Hawa. Har ha-mashchith is probably only a perversion of har ha-mishchah, "Mount of Anointing," a later name of the Mount of Olives.</p><p>W. Ewing</p>