1 Enoch 24:3

Pseudepigrapha

2 And I went beyond it and saw seven magnificent mountains all differing each from the other, and the stones (thereof) were magnificent and beautiful, magnificent as a whole, of glorious appearance and fair exterior: ⌈⌈three towards⌉⌉ the east, ⌈⌈one⌉⌉ founded on the other, and three towards the south, one upon the other, and deep rough ravines, no one of which joined with any other. 3 And the seventh mountain was in the midst of these, and it excelled them in height, resembling the seat of a throne: and fragrant trees encircled the throne. 4 And amongst them was a tree such as I had never yet smelt, neither was any amongst them nor were others like it: it had a fragrance beyond all fragrance, and its leaves and blooms and wood wither not for ever: and its fruit ⌈⌈is beautiful, and its fruit⌉⌉ resembles the dates of a palm. 5 Then I said: '⌈How⌉ beautiful is this tree, and fragrant, and its leaves are fair, and its blooms ⌈⌈very⌉⌉ delightful in appearance.'

Revelation 17:9

New Testament

8 The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss and then go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth—all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world—will be astounded when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come. 9 (This requires a mind that has wisdom.) The seven heads are seven mountains the woman sits on. They are also seven kings: 10 five have fallen; one is, and the other has not yet come, but whenever he does come, he must remain for only a brief time. 11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself an eighth king and yet is one of the seven, and is going to destruction.

 Notes and References

"... The depiction of the woman seated on seven mountains has an antithetical parallel in the two versions of Enoch's vision of the seven mountains in 1 Enoch 18:6–8 and 24:1, 25:3. In 1 Enoch 18:8, the middle mountain is said to reach to heaven, like the throne of the Lord. In 1 Enoch 24:3, the seven mountains appear to form a throne where the Lord of Glory will sit when he comes to visit the earth (25:3) ..."

Aune, David E. Word Biblical Commentary: Revelation 17-22 (p. 96) Word Books, 1998

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