Tabor is mentioned 12x in the OT; all except possibly 1 Sam 10:3 refer to Mount Tabor in Galilee. The identity of "the great tree of Tabor" remains uncertain.
(All citations are from the NIV)
Jos 19:12 — [The third lot came up for Zebulun, clan by clan: The boundary of their inheritance . . . ] It turned east from Sarid towards the sunrise to the territory of Kisloth Tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.
Jos 19:22 — [The fourth lot came out for Issachar, clan by clan. . . .] The boundary touched Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen towns and their villages.
Jos 19:34 — [The sixth lot came out for Naphtali, clan by clan: . . .] The boundary ran west through Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok. It touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west and the Jordan on the east.
Judg 4:6 — She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, "The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you:`Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead the way to Mount Tabor.
Judg 4:12 — When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, [Sisera gathered together his nine hundred iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River.]
Judg 4:14 — Then Deborah said to Barak, "Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the Lord gone ahead of you?" So Barak went down Mount Tabor, followed by ten thousand men.
Judg 8:18 — Then he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, "What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?" "Men like you," they answered, "each one with the bearing of a prince."
1 Sam 10:3 — [Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on Saul's head and kissed him, saying, " . . . ] Then you will go on from there until you reach the great tree of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there. One will be carrying three young goats, another three loaves of bread, and another a skin of wine.
1 Chron 6:77 — The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they received Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasture-lands; . . .
Psm 89:12 — [The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.] You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.
Jer 46:18 — "As surely as I live," declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty, "one will come who is like Tabor among the mountains, like Carmel by the sea. [Pack your belongings for exile, you who live in Egypt, for Memphis will be laid waste and lie in ruins without inhabitant.]
Hos 5:1 — "Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen, O royal house! This judgment is against you: You have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor. [The rebels are deep in slaughter. I will discipline all of them.]
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