The Book of Dvarim lists four names for Mount Hermon. The first three, Hermon, Sirion and Snir are found in Dvarim 3:8-9:

At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land beyond the Jordan, from Arnon Stream to Mount Hermon- the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Snir.

The fourth name, Sion, is mentioned in Dvarim 4:47-48:

They possessed Sichon’s land and the land of Og, King of Bashan, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan. From Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Stream until Mount Sion, which is Hermon.

Why did this mountain need four names?

According to Rashi who quotes the Sifrei, the four names show praise........

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