Mount Betarim
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| Mount Betarim | |
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| مشهد الطير الإبراهيمي הר הבתרים | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,296 meters |
| Coordinates | 33°17′32″N 35°42′31″E / 33.2922°N 35.7086°E |
| Geography | |
  Mount Betarim  Mount Betarim Mount Betarim (Syria) | |
| Parent range | Anti-Lebanon Mountains |
Mount Betarim (Hebrew: הר הבתרים, Har haBetarim) is one of the peaks of Shebaa Farms (known also as "Jabal Ross"), in the Anti-Lebanon mountains.
According to one Jewish tradition this is the site of the covenant of the pieces between Abraham and God, recounted in Genesis 15.
According to Muslim tradition, this is the site in which an event occurred, which is described in the Quran, where God commanded Abraham to sacrifice four species of birds, and afterwards resurrected them. Therefore, it was called Mashhad A-Tir al-Ibrahim (Arabic: مشهد الطير الإبراهيمي), meaning "the sacred site of Abraham's birds" or Makam Ibrahim Al-Khalil (مقام إبراهيم الخليل) meaning "the sacred site of Abraham, God's friend".
