Mount Gerizim

Mount Gerizim is a mountain beside Nablus in the West Bank, facing Mount Ebal across the pass where ancient Shechem stood. It is the holy mountain of the Samaritans, who built a temple on it, probably in the 5th century BCE, as their counterpart to the Temple in Jerusalem. The Hasmonean ruler John Hyrcanus destroyed it in the late 2nd century BCE, and the Samaritans still celebrate Passover there.