"A third concept of Heaven, also called shamayi h'shamayim (שׁמי השׁמים or "Heaven of Heavens"), is mentioned in such passages as Genesis 28:12, Deuteronomy 10:14 and 1 Kings 8:27 as a distinctly spiritual realm containing (or being traveled by) angels and God.[4]"
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Third Heaven
van der Toorn, Becking, van der Horst (1999), Dictionary of Deities and Demons in The Bible
From an LDS perspective, perhaps the most interesting fact seems to be that the Heaven of Heavens was considered to be a "third heaven," which was pictured in the earliest Jewish traditions as the highest level of heaven or the abode of God, until it became subsumed in the classical Mediterranean's world view of "seven heavens" corresponding to the seven spheres of Ptolemaic astronomy. The Jewish concept of this third heaven is usually taken to be the background for the experience Paul recounts in 2 Corinthians 12:2-4.
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