Mount of Temptation
Mount of Temptation, in Palestinian Arabic Jebel Quruntul, is a mountain over the city of Jericho in the West Bank; ancient Christian tradition identifies it as the location of the temptation of Jesus described in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, in which it is said that, from "a high place", the Devil offered Jesus rule over all the kingdoms of the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Description: mountain in the Jordan Valley
- Also known as: “al-Quruntul”, “al-Qurunṭul”, “Dagon”, “Dayr al Qaranţal”, “Dayr Qurunţūt”, “Deir al Quruntul”, “Doch”, “Docus”, “Dok”, “Doq”, “Douca”, “Douka”, “Duca”, “Duk”, “Duka”, “Duq”, “Jabal al Qarantal”, “Jabal al Qaranţal”, “Jabal al Quruntul”, “Jabal al Qurunţul”, “Jabal al-Arbayin”, “Jabal al-Qarantal”, “Jabal al-Quruntul”, “Jabal al-Qurunṭul”, “Jabal al-Tajriba”, “Jabal at Tajribah - Dayr al Quruntul”, “Jabal at Tajribah - Dayr al Qurunţul”, “Jabel Quruntul”, “Jebel et-Tajriba”, “Jebel Kuruntul”, “Jebel Kurunṭul”, “Jebel Kŭrŭntŭl”, “Jebel Quruntul”, “Jebel Qurunṭul”, “Jebet et Tajriba”, “Kuruntul”, “Kurunṭul”, “Kŭrŭntŭl”, “Mount Arbayin”, “Mount of the Forty Days”, “Mount of the Temptation”, “Mount Qarantal”, “Mount Quaranta”, “Mount Quarantaine”, “Mount Quarantana”, “Mount Quarantania”, “Mount Quarantina”, “Mount Quarantine”, “Mount Quarennia”, “Mount Quarrantania”, “Mount Quruntul”, “Mount Qurunṭul”, “Mountain of Temptation”, “Qarantal”, “Quaranta”, “Quarantaine”, “Quarantal”, “Quarantana”, “Quarantania”, “Quarantina”, “Quarantine”, “Quarennia”, “Quarrantania”, “Qurantul”, “Quruntal”, “Quruntul”, “Qurunṭul”, and “Temptation Mount”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Deir al-Quruntal, Monastery of the Temptation and Tell es-Sultan.
Deir al-Quruntal, Monastery of the Temptation
Monastery
Photo: DR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Monastery of the Temptation is a Greek Orthodox monastery located in Jericho, Palestine. It was built on the slopes of the Mount of Temptation 350 meters above sea level, situated along a cliff overlooking the city of Jericho and the Jordan Valley. Deir al-Quruntal, Monastery of the Temptation is situated 340 metres south of Mount of Temptation.
Tell es-Sultan
Archaeological site
Photo: Fullo88, Public domain.
Tell es-Sultan, also known as Tel Jericho or Ancient Jericho, is an archaeological site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Palestine, in the city of Jericho, consisting of the remains of the oldest fortified city in the world. Tell es-Sultan is situated 1¼ km southeast of Mount of Temptation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ein ad-Duyuk at-Tahta and Ein Alsultan Refugee Camp.
Ein ad-Duyuk at-Tahta
Neighborhood
Ein ad-Duyuk at-Tahta, is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank situated in the Jordan Valley, located two kilometers west of Jericho.
Ein Alsultan Refugee Camp
Village
Photo: James Emery, CC BY 2.0.
ʿEin es-Sulṭān camp, or ʿEin Sultan camp, is a refugee camp in the Jericho Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the Jordan Valley, in the eastern West Bank.
An-Nuway’imah
Suburb
al-Nuway'imah is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located five kilometers north of Jericho. It is situated in a low elevation below sea level in the central Jordan Valley.
Mount of Temptation
- Categories: mountain and religion
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Western Frisian—“Mount of Temptation” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Δαγὼν”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Δουκα”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Δωκ”
- Arabic: “جبل الأربعين”
- Arabic: “جبل التجربة - دير القرنطل”
- Arabic: “جبل قرنطل”
- Basque: “Tentaldiaren mendia”
- Chinese: “誘惑之山”
- Czech: “Hora Pokušení”
- Danish: “Quarantana”
- Dutch: “Berg der Verzoeking”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل الاربعين (اريحا)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل الاربعين”
- French: “Djebel-ed-Douk”
- French: “Djebel-Karantal”
- French: “Douk”
- French: “Douka”
- French: “Mont de la Quarantaine”
- French: “mont de la Tentation”
- French: “Mont de la Tentation”
- French: “Montage de la Quarantaine”
- German: “Berg der Versuchung”
- Hebrew: “הר קרנטל”
- Hebrew: “קרנטל”
- Japanese: “誘惑の山”
- Ladin: “Mount of Temptation”
- Latin: “Docus”
- Latin: “Mons Quaranta”
- Latin: “Mons Quarantana”
- Latin: “Mons Quarantania”
- Latin: “Mons Quarantina”
- Latin: “Mons Quarennia”
- Latin: “Mons Quarrantania”
- Latin: “Quarantana”
- Latin: “Quarantania”
- Latin: “Quarantina”
- Latin: “Quarennia”
- Latin: “Quarrantania”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Freistingsfjellet”
- Spanish: “Dok”
- Spanish: “Duk”
- Spanish: “monte Arbayin”
- Spanish: “Monte de la tentacion”
- Spanish: “Monte de la tentación”
- Spanish: “Monte de la Tentación”
- Spanish: “Yabal al-Arbayin”
- Spanish: “Yabal al-Quruntul”
- Swedish: “Quarantana”
- Tamil: “சோதனை மலை”
- Ukrainian: “Гора спокус”
- Urdu: “جبل اربعین (اریحا)”
- Urdu: “جبل اربعین”
- Welsh: “Mynydd y Temtasiwn”
- Western Frisian: “Berch fan Fersiking”
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