Mount Zaphon
Psalm 48:2 describes Mount Zion, the hill in Jerusalem, as the equivalent of "Mount Zaphon," indicating its sacredness.
The mythological association of Mount Zaphon with Baal influenced Biblical writers in framing the imagery of Mount Zion.
By comparing Mount Zion to Mount Zaphon, they sought to equate Yahweh’s dwelling place with that of a prominent Canaanite deity, effectively emphasizing the superiority of Yahweh’s power.
Shepherds of humans
Example: Micah 4:8 - "וְאַתָּה מִגְדַּל־עֵדֶר עֹפֶל בַּת־צִיּוֹן עָדֶיךָ תֵּאתֶה וּבָאָה הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה הָרִאשֹׁנָה מַמְלֶכֶת לְבַת־יְרוּשָׁלָיִם" ("And you, O tower of the flock [מִגְדַּל־עֵדֶר], the stronghold of the daughter of Zion, to you shall it come, even the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.")
The Last Days of Atlantis
8 Who has ever heard of such things?Who has ever seen things like this?Can a country be born in a dayor a nation be brought forth in a moment?Yet no sooner is Zion in laborthan she gives birth to her children.
For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children."
Abuna Yemata Guh
This includes the most important church in Ethiopia, the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, which many believe holds the Ark of the Covenant.
Ark of Covenant and Solomon
2 Then Solomon summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the Lord YHWH’s covenant from Zion, the City of David. 3 And all the Israelites came together to the king at the time of the festival in the seventh month.
The Essenes
They believed in the existence of celestial beings, or Watchers, who guided them in transforming human flesh into celestial forms to ascend to a heavenly city known as Zion or the New Jerusalem.
Yahweh YHWH – The Lord God
Psalm 48:2 describes Mount Zion, the hill in Jerusalem, as the equivalent of “Mount Zaphon," indicating its sacredness. The reference likens Jerusalem, the dwelling of Yahweh, to the sacred stature of Mount Zaphon in Canaanite tradition, suggesting that Yahweh’s holy mountain held the same divine significance as Baal’s mountain.