1. Mount Her´mon, is near the source of the Jor´dan, on the east, and is the highest mountain in Pal´es-tine.
2. Mount Leb´a-non, west of Her´mon, was famous for its cedars (1 Kings 5. 6; Psa. 29. 5).
3. Mount Ta´bor, the place of Deb´o-rah's victory, is southwest of the Sea of Gal´i-lee (Judg. 4. 6).
4. Mount Gil-bo´a, where King Saul was slain, is south of Ta´bor (1 Sam. 31. 1; 2 Sam. 1. 21).
5. Mount Car´mel, the place of E-li´jah's sacrifice, is on the Med-i-ter-ra´ne-an, due west of the Sea of Gal´i-lee (1 Kings 18. 20, 42; Isa. 35. 2).
6. Mount E´bal, "the mount of cursing," lies in the center of the land (Deut. 11. 26).
7. Mount Ger´i-zim, "the mount of blessing," is south of E´bal (Josh. 8. 33; John 4. 20).
8. Mount Zi´on, on which Je-ru´sa-lem stood and still stands, is due west of the head of the Dead Sea.
9. Mount Ne´bo, where Mo´ses died, is directly opposite Zi´on, on the east of the Dead Sea (Deut. 34. 1).
VI. We note a few of the most important places, selecting only those connected with Old Testament history; and we arrange them according to the natural divisions of the land.