'Mountains' in the Bible

Then the waters surged even higher on the earth, and all the high mountains under the whole sky were covered.

The mountains were covered as the waters surged above them more than 20 feet.

The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

The waters continued to recede until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.

and the Horites in the mountains of Seir, as far as El-paran by the wilderness.

Now the Valley of Siddim contained many asphalt pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, but the rest fled to the mountains.

As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by saving my life. But I can’t run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

Lot departed from Zoar and lived in the mountains along with his two daughters, because he was afraid to live in Zoar. Instead, he and his two daughters lived in a cave.

“Take your son,” He said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”

So Esau (that is, Edom) lived in the mountains of Seir.

These are the family records of Esau, father of the Edomites in the mountains of Seir.

Why should the Egyptians say, ‘He brought them out with an evil intent to kill them in the mountains and wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from Your great anger and relent concerning this disaster planned for Your people.

Balaam proclaimed his poem:Balak brought me from Aram;the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains:“Come, put a curse on Jacob for me;come, denounce Israel!”

But the land you are entering to possess is a land of mountains and valleys, watered by rain from the sky.

Aren’t these mountains across the Jordan, beyond the western road in the land of the Canaanites, who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, near the oaks of Moreh?

Destroy completely all the places where the nations that you are driving out worship their gods—on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

For fire has been kindled because of My angerand burns to the depths of Sheol;it devours the land and its produce,and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

with the best products of the ancient mountainsand the bounty of the eternal hills;

These nations included: the five rulers of the Philistines and all of the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the Lebanese mountains from Mount Baal-hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.

The mountains melted before the Lord,even Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.

and they oppressed Israel. Because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

The lords of Shechem rebelled against him by putting people on the tops of the mountains to ambush and rob everyone who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.

When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountaintops!” But Zebul said to him, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”

She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”

“Go,” he said. And he sent her away two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity as she wandered through the mountains.

So don’t let my blood fall to the ground far from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has come out to search for a flea, like one who pursues a partridge in the mountains.”

Mountains of Gilboa,let no dew or rain be on you,or fields of offerings,for there the shield of the mighty was defiled—the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,

Then He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the Lord’s presence.”At that moment, the Lord passed by. A great and mighty wind was tearing at the mountains and was shattering cliffs before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Then the man of God approached and said to the king of Israel, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Arameans have said: Yahweh is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys, I will hand over all this great army to you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Then the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Since there are 50 strong men here with your servants, please let them go and search for your master. Maybe the Spirit of the Lord has carried him away and put him on one of the mountains or into one of the valleys.”He answered, “Don’t send them.”

You have mocked the Lord through your messengers.You have said:With my many chariotsI have gone up to the heights of the mountains,to the far recesses of Lebanon.I cut down its tallest cedars,its choice cypress trees.I came to its farthest outpost,its densest forest.

Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were fighting men, trained for battle, expert with shield and spear. Their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.

so he assigned 70,000 men as porters, 80,000 men as stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as supervisors over them.

Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work.

He removes mountains without their knowledge,overturning them in His anger.

The miner strikes the flintand transforms the mountains at their foundations.

It roams the mountains for its pastureland,searching for anything green.

Then the earth shook and quaked;the foundations of the mountains trembled;they shook because He burned with anger.

Therefore we will not be afraid,though the earth tremblesand the mountains toppleinto the depths of the seas,

though its waters roar and foamand the mountains quake with its turmoil.Selah

I know every bird of the mountains,and the creatures of the field are Mine.

You establish the mountains by Your power,robed with strength.

May the mountains bring prosperity to the peopleand the hills, righteousness.

May there be plenty of grain in the land;may it wave on the tops of the mountains.May its crops be like Lebanon.May people flourish in the citieslike the grass of the field.

You are resplendent and majesticcoming down from the mountains of prey.

The mountains were covered by its shade,and the mighty cedars with its branches.

As fire burns a forest,as a flame blazes through mountains,

A psalm of the sons of Korah. A song.His foundation is on the holy mountains.

Before the mountains were born,before You gave birth to the earth and the world,from eternity to eternity, You are God.

The mountains melt like waxat the presence of the Lord—at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

Let the rivers clap their hands;let the mountains shout together for joy

You covered it with the deepas if it were a garment;the waters stood above the mountains.

mountains rose and valleys sank—to the place You established for them.

He causes the springs to gush into the valleys;they flow between the mountains.

He waters the mountains from His palace;the earth is satisfied by the fruit of Your labor.

The high mountains are for the wild goats;the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes.

He looks at the earth, and it trembles;He touches the mountains,and they pour out smoke.

The mountains skipped like rams,the hills, like lambs.

Mountains, that you skipped like rams?Hills, like lambs?

A song of ascents.I lift my eyes toward the mountains.Where will my help come from?

Jerusalem—the mountains surround her.And the Lord surrounds His people,both now and forever.

It is like the dew of Hermonfalling on the mountains of Zion.For there the Lord has appointed the blessing—life forevermore.

Lord, part Your heavens and come down.Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

mountains and all hills,fruit trees and all cedars,

I was deliveredbefore the mountains and hills were established,

Listen! My love is approaching.Look! Here he comes,leaping over the mountains,bounding over the hills.

Before the day breaksand the shadows flee,turn to me, my love, and be like a gazelleor a young stag on the divided mountains. >

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride—with me from Lebanon!Descend from the peak of Amana,from the summit of Senir and Hermon,from the dens of the lions,from the mountains of the leopards.

W Hurry to me, my love,and be like a gazelleor a young stagon the mountains of spices.

In the last daysthe mountain of the Lord’s house will be establishedat the top of the mountainsand will be raised above the hills.All nations will stream to it,

against all the high mountains,against all the lofty hills,

Therefore the Lord’s anger burns against His people.He raised His hand against them and struck them;the mountains quaked,and their corpses were like garbage in the streets.In all this, His anger is not removed,and His hand is still raised to strike.

Listen, a tumult on the mountains,like that of a mighty people!Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,like nations being gathered together!The Lord of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.

All you inhabitants of the worldand you who live on the earth,when a banner is raised on the mountains, look!When a trumpet sounds, listen!

For the Lord God of Hostshad a day of tumult, trampling, and confusionin the Valley of Vision—people shouting and crying to the mountains;

Their slain will be thrown out,and the stench of their corpses will rise;the mountains will flow with their blood.

You have mocked the Lord through your servants.You have said, “With my many chariotsI have gone up to the heights of the mountains,to the far recesses of Lebanon.I cut down its tallest cedars,its choice cypress trees.I came to its distant heights,its densest forest.

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his handor marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measureor weighed the mountains in a balanceand the hills in the scales?

See, I will make you into a sharp threshing board,new, with many teeth.You will thresh mountains and pulverize themand make hills into chaff.

I will lay waste mountains and hillsand dry up all their vegetation.I will turn rivers into islandsand dry up marshes.

Rejoice, heavens, for the Lord has acted;shout, depths of the earth.Break out into singing, mountains,forest, and every tree in it.For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,and glorifies Himself through Israel.

I will make all My mountains into a road,and My highways will be raised up.

Shout for joy, you heavens!Earth, rejoice!Mountains break into joyful shouts!For the Lord has comforted His people,and will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

How beautiful on the mountainsare the feet of the herald,who proclaims peace,who brings news of good things,who proclaims salvation,who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

Though the mountains moveand the hills shake,My love will not be removed from youand My covenant of peace will not be shaken,”says your compassionate Lord.

You will indeed go out with joyand be peacefully guided;the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you,and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

If only You would tear the heavens openand come down,so that mountains would quake at Your presence—

When You did awesome worksthat we did not expect,You came down,and the mountains quaked at Your presence.

for your iniquities and the iniquitiesof your fathers together,”says the Lord.“Because they burned incense on the mountainsand reproached Me on the hills,I will reward them fullyfor their former deeds.”

I will produce descendants from Jacob,and heirs to My mountains from Judah;My chosen ones will possess it,and My servants will dwell there.

Surely, falsehood comes from the hills,commotion from the mountains,but the salvation of Israelis only in the Lord our God.

I looked at the mountains,and they were quaking;all the hills shook.

I will raise weeping and a lamentover the mountains,a dirge over the wilderness grazing land,for they have been so scorchedthat no one passes through.The sound of cattle is no longer heard.From the birds of the sky to the animals,everything has fled—they have gone away.

Give glory to the Lord your Godbefore He brings darkness,before your feet stumbleon the mountains at dusk.You wait for light,but He brings darkest gloomand makes thick darkness.

My mountains in the countryside.I will give up your wealthand all your treasures as plunderbecause of the sin of your high placesin all your borders.

You will plant vineyards againon the mountains of Samaria;the planters will plant and will enjoy the fruit.

As I live—this is the King’s declaration;Yahweh of Hosts is His name.He will come like Tabor among the mountainsand like Carmel by the sea.

My people are lost sheep;their shepherds have led them astray,guiding them the wrong way in the mountains.They have wandered from mountain to hill;they have forgotten their resting place.