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(prop. some form of ùָׁçָä , shachah'', äéáöèåßñù ). This term is used in Scripture to signify the putrefaction of dead bodies (Psa_16:10), the blemishes which rendered an animal unfit for sacrifice (Lev_22:25), sinful inclinations, habits, and practices, which defile and ruin men (Rom_8:21; 2Pe_2:12; 2Pe_2:19), everlasting ruin (Gal_6:8), men in their mortal and imperfect state (1Co_15:42; 1Co_15:50).
MOUNT OF CORRUPTION ( äִø äִîִּùְׁçַéú , Sept. ὄñïò ôïῦ Ìïó÷ßè v. r. ÌïóèÜè , Vulg. mons offensionis), a hill in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, where Solomon had established the worship of the Ammonitish deity Milcom, which Josiah overthrew (2Ki_23:13). Tradition assigns the locality of the “Mount of Offence” to the eminence immediately south of the Mount of Olives (see Barclay, City of the Great King, p. 64 sq.; Stanley, Palest. p. 185, note). SEE JERUSALEM.