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Mountain in Israel, site of Deborah and Barak's victory

Mount Tabor

Named in 8 verses across 5 books, first in Joshua 19:22.

The name means “choice; purity; bruising.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

About Mount Tabor Written by AI

Mount Tabor is a prominent mountain located in the Jezreel Valley of Israel. It is mentioned several times in the Bible, most notably in the account of Deborah and Barak's victory over Sisera and the Canaanite army (Judg. 4:6-14). Deborah, a prophetess and judge, summoned Barak to gather troops from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun on Mount Tabor. From there, they descended to fight against Sisera's forces, and with God's help, they achieved a decisive victory. Mount Tabor is also mentioned as a boundary marker for the tribe of Zebulun (Josh. 19:22) and is praised for its beauty along with Mount Hermon in Psalm 89:12. The prophet Jeremiah uses Mount Tabor as a symbol of God's power and majesty (Jer. 46:18), while Hosea associates it with sites of idolatry and corruption (Hos. 5:1).

Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.

Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

A height. (1.) Now Jebel et-Tur, a cone-like prominent mountain, 11 miles west of the Sea of Galilee. It is about 1,843 feet high. The view from the summit of it is said to be singularly extensive and grand. This is alluded to in Ps. 89:12; Jer. 46:18. It was here that Barak encamped before the battle with Sisera (q.v.) Judg. 4:6-14. There is an old tradition, which, however, is unfounded, that it was the scene of the transfiguration of our Lord. (See HERMON.) “The prominence and isolation of Tabor, standing, as it does, on the border-land between the northern and southern tribes, between the mountains and the central plain, made it a place of note in all ages, and evidently led the psalmist to associate it with Hermon, the one emblematic of the south, the other of the north.” There are some who still hold that this was the scene of the transfiguration (q.v.).

(2.) A town of Zebulum (1 Chr. 6:77).

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(3.) The “plain of Tabor” (1 Sam. 10:3) should be, as in the Revised Version, “the oak of Tabor.” This was probably the Allon-bachuth of Gen. 35:8.

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.

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Where the Bible names it

  1. Joshua 19:22

    The border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, along with their villages.

  2. Judges 4:6

    She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.

  3. Judges 4:12

    When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,

  4. Judges 4:14

    Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

  5. Judges 8:18

    Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”

  6. Psalm 89:12

    North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

  7. Jeremiah 46:18

    As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.

  8. Hosea 5:1

    “Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.