In the Old Testament Zion is used as a name for the city of Jerusalem (Isaiah 40:9), the land of Judah (Jeremiah 31:12), and the nation of Israel as a whole (Zechariah 9:13). The word Zion is also used in a theological or spiritual sense in Scripture.
Wakati Suleimani alipojenga hekalu katika Yerusalemu, Sayuni ilipanuka kwa maana kujumulisha hekalu na eneo lililoizunguka (Zaburi 2: 6, 48: 2, 11-12, 132: 13). Sayuni hatimaye ilitumiwa kama jina kwa mji wa Yerusalemu, nchi ya Yuda, na watu wa Israeli kwa jumla (Isaya 40: 9; Jeremiah 31:12; Zakaria 9:13).