Hakim-hakim 4:6

4:6 She summoned ¹  Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali. She said to him, “Is it not true that the Lord God of Israel is commanding you? Go, march to Mount Tabor! Take with you ten thousand men from Naphtali and Zebulun!

Yosua 19:12

19:12 From Sarid it turned eastward ²  to the territory of Kisloth Tabor, extended to Daberath, and went up to Japhia.

Yosua 19:34

19:34 It turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, extended from there to Hukok, touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and the Jordan ³  on the east.

Mazmur 89:12

89:12 You created the north and the south.

Tabor and Hermon ⁴  rejoice in your name.

Yeremia 46:18

46:18 I the King, whose name is the Lord who rules over all, ⁵  swear this:

I swear as surely as I live that ⁶  a conqueror is coming.

He will be as imposing as Mount Tabor is among the mountains,

as Mount Carmel is against the backdrop of the sea. ⁷ 

[4:6]  ¹ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[19:12]  ² tn Heb “eastward toward the rising of the sun.”

[19:34]  ³ tc The MT reads “Judah, the Jordan”; the LXX omits “Judah.” Perhaps there was a town named Judah, distinct from the tribe of Judah, located near the northern end of the Jordan.

[89:12]  ⁴ sn Tabor and Hermon were two of the most prominent mountains in Palestine.

[46:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.” For the significance of this title see the note at 2:19.

[46:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “As I live, oracle of the King, whose….” The indirect quote has been chosen to create a smoother English sentence and avoid embedding a quote within a quote.

[46:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “Like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea he will come.” The addition of “conqueror” and “imposing” are implicit from the context and from the metaphor. They have been supplied in the translation to give the reader some idea of the meaning of the verse.

[46:18]  sn Most of the commentaries point out that neither Tabor nor Carmel are all that tall in terms of sheer height. Mount Tabor, on the east end of the Jezreel Valley, is only about 1800 feet (540 m) tall. Mount Carmel, on the Mediterranean Coast, is only about 1700 feet (510 m) at its highest. However, all the commentators point out that the idea of imposing height and majesty are due to the fact that they are rugged mountains that stand out dominantly over their surroundings. The point of the simile is that Nebuchadnezzar and his army will stand out in power and might over all the surrounding kings and their armies.