Tabor (Mountain)

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. “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.).

Recorded scripture occurrences (5)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: JOS 19:22

OET-RV JOS 19:22

22 The border of their allotment met with Tavor, Shahatsimah, and Beyt -Shemesh (Heliopolis), coming out in the east at the Yarden (Jordan)—a total of sixteen cities as well as their surrounding villages.

OET-LV JOS 19:22

22 And_ the_border _it _touches (on)_Tāⱱōr Shahazayim and_Bēyt- shemesh and_ the _extremities _of their _territory _of_their _they _will _be the_Yardēn/(Jordan) cities six- teen and_villages _of_their.

Show passage in OET: JDG 8:18

OET-RV JDG 8:18

18 Then Gid’on asked Zevah and Tsalmuna, “What were the men like that you killed at Tavor?”
¶ “They were just like you,” they replied. “They seemed like they could have been a king’s sons.”

OET-LV JDG 8:18

18 And_he/it _said to Zeⱱaḩ and_near/to Tsalmunnāˊ where are_the_men whom you(pl)_killed at_Tāⱱōr and_they _said like_you like_them one was_like_the _appearance _of the _sons _of the _king.

Show passage in OET: PSA 89:12

OET-RV PSA 89:12

12 You created the north and the south.
⇔ Mt. Tavor and Mt. Hermon happily shout your name.

OET-LV PSA 89:13

13  The_north and_the_south you you_created _them Tāⱱōr and_Ḩermōn at_name _of_your they _shout _for _joy.

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