This is said to be King David’s tomb on what is said to be Mt. Zion, but both claims are problematical; the Biblical description of where Zion was is sufficiently vague, and the holy city has been built up and destroyed so much that no one really know where the hill might have been; three different spots have been identified and publicly claimed over the city’s history. “Mt. Zion” has become a theological and literary device to refer to the city as a whole, and to heaven more generally; David’s tomb was lost eons ago, but pilgrims need a place to go. (Berthold Werner)
The Daily Office 
