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What is Tabor in the Bible?

Mount Tabor is where Barak gathered Israel's army before defeating Sisera.

Tabor is the name of a mountain and of other places in the Old Testament. Most references are to Mount Tabor.

Tabor in the Bible

Deborah tells Barak, by the LORD's command, to gather ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun toward Mount Tabor (Judges 4:6). Sisera hears that Barak has gone up there (Judges 4:12), and Barak comes down from the mountain to battle on the day the LORD delivers Sisera into his hand (Judges 4:14). The psalmist says Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in God's name (Psalms 89:12).

Jeremiah compares the LORD's coming to Tabor standing among the mountains (Jeremiah 46:18), and Hosea accuses Israel's leaders of being a net spread upon Tabor (Hosea 5:1). Tabor also appears as a point on a tribal border (Joshua 19:22), and Gideon asks Zebah and Zalmunna about the men they killed at Tabor (Judges 8:18). Two other places carry the name.

One is a town with its suburbs, taken from the tribe of Zebulun and given to the Merarite Levites (1 Chronicles 6:77). The other is the plain of Tabor, on the route Samuel describes to Saul, where three men going up to God at Bethel will meet him (1 Samuel 10:3). Mount Tabor is a prominent, isolated mountain in Lower Galilee, southwest of the Sea of Galilee.

Name origin
Hebrew
Role
Mountain; also a town and a plain
First mention
Joshua 19:22
Appearances in the Bible
10 mentions

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What is Tabor in the Bible?

Tabor is the name of a mountain and of other places in the Old Testament. Most references are to Mount Tabor. Deborah tells Barak, by the LORD's command, to gather ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun toward Mount Tabor (Judges 4:6). Sisera hears that Barak has gone up there (Judges 4:12), and Barak comes down from the mountain to battle on the day the LORD delivers Sisera into his hand (Judges 4:14). The psalmist says Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in God's name (Psalms 89:12). Jeremiah compares the LORD's coming to Tabor standing among the mountains (Jeremiah 46:18), and Hosea accuses Israel's leaders of being a net spread upon Tabor (Hosea 5:1). Tabor also appears as a point on a tribal border (Joshua 19:22), and Gideon asks Zebah and Zalmunna about the men they killed at Tabor (Judges 8:18). Two other places carry the name. One is a town with its suburbs, taken from the tribe of Zebulun and given to the Merarite Levites (1 Chronicles 6:77). The other is the plain of Tabor, on the route Samuel describes to Saul, where three men going up to God at Bethel will meet him (1 Samuel 10:3). Mount Tabor is a prominent, isolated mountain in Lower Galilee, southwest of the Sea of Galilee.

Where is Tabor first mentioned in the Bible?

Tabor is first mentioned in Joshua 19:22.

How many times is Tabor mentioned in the Bible?

Number of mentions in the Bible: 10.