Mount of Corruption

The southern end of the Mount of Olives is called "corruption" because King Solomon built idols there for his foreign wives (1 Kings 11:7; 2 Kings 23:13). The term may be an ironic play on the Hebrew word for “anointing.” It may have been called the "Mount of Anointing." Oil from the olive groves on its slopes was used in anointing ceremonies.

See Mount of Olives.