“In the Book of Mormon we encounter … an unusual form and meaning for the word Zion. In an Old Testament setting, Zion usually has reference to the holy mount or, by extension, to the city of Jerusalem. Here and in numerous other places (e.g., 2 Nephi 26:29–31; 2 Nephi 28:20–21, 24; 3 Nephi 16:16–18), Zion seems to represent the gathering place of the believers, the society of the pure in heart, the setting for the Saints” (McConkie and Millet, Doctrinal Commentary, 1:103; see also Mosiah 15:14–18; Isaiah 52:7).