Mount Tabor

Also known as Tabor, Mount of the Transfiguration, Mount of Transfiguration, Itabyrium, Mount Itabyrium, Itabyrion, Mount Itabyrion, Tabur

mountain in northern Israel traditionally believed to be the scene of the Transfiguration of Jesus

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Mount Tabor is a mountain in northern Israel that holds religious significance in Christian tradition as the believed location where Jesus was transfigured. The event, described in the New Testament, is commemorated by a basilica built on the mountain's summit.

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Elevation: 530
Image: COLOR PHOTO OF MOUNT TABOR TAKEN IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY BY FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER, BONFILS. צילום צבע מסוף המאה ה19 של הצלם הצרפתי בונפיס אשר תעד במצלמD311-041.jpg

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Mount Tabor (/ˈtʌbər/; Hebrew: הַר תָּבוֹר, romanized: Har Tavor; Arabic: جبل طابور, romanized: Jabal Ṭābūr), sometimes spelled Mount Thabor, is a large hill of biblical significance in the Lower Galilee, Israel, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, 18 kilometres (11 miles) 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.