Mount Tabor in the Torah
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The mountain where the prophetess Deborah sent Barak to assemble 10,000 warriors against the Canaanite general Sisera. The battle that followed, with a sudden rainstorm turning the Kishon River into a flood that swept away Sisera's chariots, is celebrated in the Song of Deborah — one of the oldest poems in the Tanakh. Mount Tabor's distinctive dome shape rises 575 meters above the Jezreel Valley.
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Key Verses
4 selected passages mentioning Mount Tabor
As Tabor among the mountains and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come
חַי־אָ֙נִי֙ נְאֻם־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמ֑וֹ כִּ֚י כְּתָב֣וֹר בֶּהָרִ֔ים וּכְכַרְמֶ֖ל בַּיָּ֥ם יָבֽוֹא׃
As I live—declares the King, Whose name is G OD of Hosts— As surely as Tabor is among the mountains And Carmel is by the sea, So shall this come to pass.
Deborah sends Barak to gather ten thousand men at Mount Tabor
וַתִּשְׁלַ֗ח וַתִּקְרָא֙ לְבָרָ֣ק בֶּן־אֲבִינֹ֔עַם מִקֶּ֖דֶשׁ נַפְתָּלִ֑י וַתֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו הֲלֹ֥א צִוָּ֣ה ׀ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֵ֤ךְ וּמָֽשַׁכְתָּ֙ בְּהַ֣ר תָּב֔וֹר וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ עִמְּךָ֗ עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת אֲלָפִים֙ אִ֔ישׁ מִבְּנֵ֥י נַפְתָּלִ֖י וּמִבְּנֵ֥י זְבֻלֽוּן׃
She summoned Barak son of Abinoam, of Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, “The E TERNAL , the God of Israel, has commanded: Go, march up to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
Barak goes down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men
וַתֹּ֩אמֶר֩ דְּבֹרָ֨ה אֶל־בָּרָ֜ק ק֗וּם כִּ֣י זֶ֤ה הַיּוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁר֩ נָתַ֨ן יְהֹוָ֤ה אֶת־סִֽיסְרָא֙ בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ הֲלֹ֥א יְהֹוָ֖ה יָצָ֣א לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַיֵּ֤רֶד בָּרָק֙ מֵהַ֣ר תָּב֔וֹר וַעֲשֶׂ֧רֶת אֲלָפִ֛ים אִ֖ישׁ אַחֲרָֽיו׃
Then Deborah said to Barak, “Up! This is the day on which G OD will deliver Sisera into your hands: G OD is marching before you.” Barak charged down Mount Tabor, followed by the ten thousand men,
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name
צָפ֣וֹן וְ֭יָמִין אַתָּ֣ה בְרָאתָ֑ם תָּב֥וֹר וְ֝חֶרְמ֗וֹן בְּשִׁמְךָ֥ יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃
North and south— You created them; Tabor and Hermon sing forth Your name.
8 more verses mention Mount Tabor across the Tanakh
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