Jezreel valley (northern Israel) · Old Testament · 10 verses
Mount Tabor is a rounded hill rising at the northeastern edge of the Jezreel valley. It stands out prominently above the plain. The name appears in Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel and 4 more in the King James text.
About Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor is a rounded hill rising at the northeastern edge of the Jezreel valley. It stands out prominently above the plain.
Its place in the story
At Mount Tabor Barak gathered the tribes at Deborah's word and came down to defeat the army of Sisera. It marks the site of one of the great deliverances in the days of the judges.
Mount Tabor in Scripture (KJV)
“And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.”
“And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?”
“And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.”
“Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.”
“Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:”
Mount Tabor is a rounded hill rising at the northeastern edge of the Jezreel valley. It stands out prominently above the plain. The name appears in Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel and 4 more in the King James text.
What happened at Mount Tabor?
At Mount Tabor Barak gathered the tribes at Deborah's word and came down to defeat the army of Sisera. It marks the site of one of the great deliverances in the days of the judges.