and, if I'm not mistaken, we can find numerous references in the Old Testament to attacks and predations against Israel coming from "the North". Not to mention, I seem to have at some point gotten an idea that there is something of a Biblical association of Satan with an idea of "the North". (For most of what I've said in this last paragraph I'm not, at the moment, prepared to provide any documentation; my recollection of pertinent passages of Scripture is sadly lacking. It would take me a little bit of digging and reflection to do so.)
Your "
north-ness" motif in scripture is correct.
Besides the literal compass directions (north south east west) "North" was also used by ancient writers as the cosmic "high/lofty" sacred places where the spirit beings (gods) dwell (the realm of the gods so to speak).
Thus, "mountain tops" were often associated with the places of the gods, along with "garden spots".
To the ancients, high mountain tops were inaccessible and unlivable to humans but not to gods, and of course gods lived in places that were garden rich and water was plentiful.
Eden, where Satan was, is called both a garden and mountain in scripture as in the lament against the King of Tyre in Ezekiel 28 which some believe to be about Satan.
Ezekiel 28 ESV
(13) You were in Eden, the
garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared.
(14) You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy
mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
And in Isaiah, also considered to be about Satan:
Isaiah 14 ESV
(13) You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north;
(14) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’
And we also have the mountain of YHWH:
Psalms 48 ESV
(1) A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain,
(2) beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.
Of interest also is the story of the Israelites crossing through the Red Sea to escape Egypt.
Exodus 14 ESV
(2) “Tell the people of Israel to turn back and encamp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall encamp facing it, by the sea.
Baal- Zephon = "god of the
North"
Baal worship was big in ancient times.
To show YHWH's might there was a sort of "in your face" defiance and supremacy of YHWH over other gods.