After the taking up of
our Lord Jesus Christ, I John was alone upon
Mount Tabor, where also He showed us His undefiled Godhead; and as I was not able to stand, I fell upon the ground, and
prayed to the Lord, and said:
Here are a few OT verses concerning Mt Tabor:
Jer 46:18
I live -- an affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts is His name,
Surely as Tabor is among mountains, And as Carmel by the sea -- he cometh in,
Hos 5:1
'Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear,
For the judgment is for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor.
Mt Tabor is said to be where the Transfiguration of Jesus ocurred........
Matthew 17:5
Still of Him speaking, behold!
a luminous cloud overshadows them and behold! a Voice out of the cloud saying "this is being the Son of Me, the Beloved, in Whom I well-pleased<2106>, be ye hearing Him!
Mark 9:7
And became a cloud overshadowing the and became a voice out of the cloud saying " this is being the Son of Me, the Beloved, be ye hearing Him!
Luke 9:35
and a Voice became out of the cloud saying "this is the Son of Me, the one having been chosen, Him be ye hearing!
A little bit of the history of Mt Tabor..........Fascinating study
Mount Tabor - Wikipedia
For other uses, see
Mount Tabor (disambiguation).
Mount Tabor
Highest point
Elevation 575 m (1,886 ft)
Coordinates
32°41′14″N 35°23′25″ECoordinates:
32°41′14″N 35°23′25″E
Geography
Mount Tabor
Lower Galilee,
Israel
Mount Tabor (
Hebrew: הר תבור,
Modern:
Har Tavor,
Tiberian:
Har Tāḇôr,
Greek Όρος Θαβώρ) is located in
Lower Galilee,
Israel, at the eastern end of the
Jezreel Valley, 11 miles (18 km) west of the
Sea of Galilee.
In the
Hebrew Bible (
Joshua,
Judges), Mount Tabor is the site of the
Battle of Mount Tabor between the
Israelite army under the leadership of
Barak and the army of the
Canaanite king of
Hazor,
Jabin, commanded by
Sisera.
In Christian tradition, Mount Tabor is the site of the
Transfiguration of Jesus.
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History
1855 painting of Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor, 1912
Mount Tabor, 2011
At the bottom of the mountain was an important road junction:
Via Maris passed there from the
Jezreel Valley northward towards
Damascus. Its location on the road junction and its bulgy formation above its environment gave Mount Tabor a strategic value and wars were conducted in its area in different periods in history.
Hebrew Bible
The mountain is mentioned for the first time in the
Hebrew Bible, in
Joshua 19:22, as border of three tribes:
Zebulun,
Issachar and
Naphtali. The mountain's importance stems from its strategic control of the junction of the Galilee's north-south route with the east-west highway of the Jezreel Valley.
According to the
Book of Judges,
Hazor was the seat of Jabin, the king of Canaan, whose commander,
Sisera, led a Canaanite army against the Israelites.
Deborah the Jewish prophetess summoned
Barak of the tribe of Naphtali and gave him God's command, "Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun" (
Judges).
4:6). Descending from the mountain, the
Israelites attacked and vanquished
Sisera and the
Canaanites.
Second Temple period
In the days of the
Second Temple (c. 516 BCE – 70 CE), Mount Tabor was one of the mountain peaks on which it was the custom to light
beacons in order to inform the northern villages of Jewish
holy days and of the beginning of
new months.
Roman period
In 55 BCE, during a
Hasmonean rebellion against the Roman
proconsul of
Syria,
Aulus Gabinius,
Alexander of Judaea and his army of 30,000 Judeans was defeated in bat
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