Mt Tabor
Also known as Har Tavor, Itabyrium, Jebel et-Tur, Mount of Transfiguration
Location:
Mt. Tabor sits at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, 17 km west of the Sea of Galilee. Its elevation at the summit is 575 m.
Access:
From road 65 between Km 58-59.
Bible:
Deborah 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. I will lure Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.'" (Judges 4:6-7)

Pictures:

1/ Arround Mt Tabor

2. The Franciscian Church of the Transfiguration, built in 1924 on the ruins of earlier churches

3. Marked Trail 3250

updated: 26.07.08 7:47