Bible Dictionary
Mount of the congregation
The Mount of the Congregation was the mythic mountain described in Isaiah 14 as the gathering place of the gods in Babylonian thought. Isaiah uses the imagery in a taunt against the pride of Babylon’s king.
Definition
The Mount of the Congregation was a mythic mountain regarded in Babylonian thought as the seat of the gods. It was imagined as lying in the far north.
Biblical Usage
Isaiah uses the image in a taunt concerning the pride and ambition of Babylon’s king. The mountain represents the exalted place to which the king presumptuously sought to ascend.
Historical Background
Babylonian inscriptions describe the mountain as Im-Kharasak, the mighty mountain of Bel, whose head reaches heaven and whose root reaches the holy deep. It was identified in Babylonian geography with Mount El-wend near Ecbatana.
Scripture References
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Only in Isa. 14:13, a mythic mountain of the Babylonians, regarded by them as the seat of the gods. It was situated in the far north, and in Babylonian inscriptions is described as a mountain called Im-Kharasak, “the mighty mountain of Bel, whose head reaches heaven, whose root is the holy deep.” In their geography they are said to have identified it with mount El-wend, near Ecbatana.