Tabor

A written article for Tabor is still to come. Below and alongside: where Tabor appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.

  • Tabor
  • Tabor 2 (Horvat Devora)
  • Tabor 3 (another name for Allon-bacuth)

Original word

  • תָּבוֹר tabor
    H8396
Citations
“Tabor 2.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/tabor-2. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.
“Tabor 3.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/tabor-3. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.
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Where Tabor appears in Scripture

Joshua 19

וּפָגַע הַגְּבוּל בְּתָבוֹר ‫(ושחצומה)‬ וְשַׁחֲצִימָה וּבֵית שֶׁמֶשׁ וְהָיוּ תֹּֽצְאוֹת גְּבוּלָם הַיַּרְדֵּן עָרִים שֵׁשׁ-עֶשְׂרֵה וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃
22
And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.

Judges 4

וַתִּשְׁלַח וַתִּקְרָא לְבָרָק בֶּן-אֲבִינֹעַם מִקֶּדֶשׁ נַפְתָּלִי וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הֲלֹא צִוָּה׀ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵךְ וּמָֽשַׁכְתָּ בְּהַר תָּבוֹר וְלָֽקַחְתָּ עִמְּךָ עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי נַפְתָּלִי וּמִבְּנֵי זְבֻלֽוּן׃
6
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, 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?
וַיַּגִּדוּ לְסִֽיסְרָא כִּי עָלָה בָּרָק בֶּן-אֲבִינֹעַם הַר-תָּבֽוֹר׃
12
And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
וַתֹּאמֶר דְּבֹרָה אֶל-בָּרָק קוּם כִּי זֶה הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהוָה אֶת-סִֽיסְרָא בְּיָדֶךָ הֲלֹא יְהוָה יָצָא לְפָנֶיךָ וַיֵּרֶד בָּרָק מֵהַר תָּבוֹר וַֽעֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ אַֽחֲרָֽיו׃
14
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.

Judges 8

וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל-זֶבַח וְאֶל-צַלְמֻנָּע אֵיפֹה הָֽאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הֲרַגְתֶּם בְּתָבוֹר וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ כָּמוֹךָ כְמוֹהֶם אֶחָד כְּתֹאַר בְּנֵי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
18
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.

1 Samuel 10

וְחָֽלַפְתָּ מִשָּׁם וָהָלְאָה וּבָאתָ עַד-אֵלוֹן תָּבוֹר וּמְצָאוּךָ שָּׁם שְׁלֹשָׁה אֲנָשִׁים עֹלִים אֶל-הָֽאֱלֹהִים בֵּֽית-אֵל אֶחָד נֹשֵׂא׀ שְׁלֹשָׁה גְדָיִים וְאֶחָד נֹשֵׂא שְׁלֹשֶׁת כִּכְּרוֹת לֶחֶם וְאֶחָד נֹשֵׂא נֵֽבֶל-יָֽיִן׃
3
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 Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

1 Chronicles 6

לִבְנֵי מְרָרִי הַנּֽוֹתָרִים מִמַּטֵּה זְבֻלוּן אֶת-רִמּוֹנוֹ וְאֶת-מִגְרָשֶׁיהָ אֶת-תָּבוֹר וְאֶת-מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃
77
Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

Psalms 89

צָפוֹן וְיָמִין אַתָּה בְרָאתָם תָּבוֹר וְחֶרְמוֹן בְּשִׁמְךָ יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃
12
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

Jeremiah 46

חַי-אָנִי נְאֻם-הַמֶּלֶךְ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ כִּי כְּתָבוֹר בֶּֽהָרִים וּכְכַרְמֶל בַּיָּם יָבֽוֹא׃
18
As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

Hosea 5

שִׁמְעוּ-זֹאת הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ׀ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבֵית הַמֶּלֶךְ הַאֲזִינוּ כִּי לָכֶם הַמִּשְׁפָּט כִּֽי-פַח הֱיִיתֶם לְמִצְפָּה וְרֶשֶׁת פְּרוּשָׂה עַל-תָּבֽוֹר׃
1
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.