Battle of Mount Tabor (biblical)BelligerentsIsraelitesCanaanitesCommanders and leadersDeborahBarakJaelSisera†King of HazorStrength 10,000 men recruited from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun, primarily light infantry and light cavalry Number of men not mentioned900 iron chariotsCasualties and losses Relatively low Relatively highAccording to the Book of Judges (chapters 4and 5) of the Hebrew Bible, the Battle of Mount Tabor was a military confrontation between the forces of King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled from Hazor, and the Israelite army led by Barak and Deborah.
DeborahAccording to the Book of Judges, Deborah (Hebrew: דְּבוֹרָה, Dəḇōrā) was a prophetess of Judaism, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel and the only female judge mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Many scholars contend that the phrase, "a woman of Lappidoth", as translated from biblical Hebrew in Judges 4:4 denotes her marital status as the wife of Lapidoth.
KedeshArcheological site in northern IsraelKedesh (alternate spellings: Qedesh, Cadesh, Cydessa) was an ancient Canaanite and later Israelite settlement in Upper Galilee, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. Its remains are located in Tel Kedesh, 3 km (1.9 mi) northeast of the modern Kibbutz Malkiya in Israel on the Israeli-Lebanese border.Sisera
AbinoamIn the Hebrew Bible, Abinoam (a-bin'-o-am, ab-i-no'-am, Biblical Hebrew: אבינעם), from Kedesh-naphtali, was the father of Barak who defeated Jabin's army, led by Sisera. He is mentioned in Judges 4:6, 4:12, 5:1, and 5:12. The name means "the (divine) father is pleasantness".
Book of JudgesSeventh book of the Bible Samson The Book of Judges is the seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. In the narrative of the Hebrew Bible, it covers the time between the conquest described in the Book of Joshua and the establishment of a kingdom in the Books of Samuel, during which biblical judges served as temporary leaders.
Tiberian HebrewTiberian Hebrew is the canonical pronunciation of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) committed to writing by Masoretic scholars living in the Jewish community of Tiberias in ancient Galileec. 750–950 AD under the Abbasid Caliphate. They wrote in the form of Tiberian vocalization, which employed diacritics added to the Hebrew letters: vowel signs and consonantdiacritics (nequdot) and the so-called accents (two related systems of cantillation signs or te'amim).
Hebrew languageNorthwest Semitic languageHebrew is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and remained in regular use as a first language until after 200 CE and as the liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism.
Land of Israel1916 map of the Fertile Crescent by James Henry Breasted. The names used for the land are "Canaan", "Palestine", "Judah", and "Israel".
Barak (name)Barak (Hebrew: בָּרָק Bārāq, "lightning") is a masculine name of Hebrew origin. It appears in the biblical Book of Judges as the name of the Israelite general Barak, who alongside Deborah led an attack against the forces of King Jabin of Hazor. EtymologyThe Semitic root has the meaning "to shine"; "lightning". The biblical nameברקBārāq is given after Barak, a military commander who appears in the Book of Judges.
Tribe of EphraimAccording to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Ephraim (Hebrew: אֶפְרַיִם, ʾEp̄rayim, in pausa: אֶפְרָיִם, ʾEp̄rāyim) was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The Tribe of Manasseh, together with Ephraim, formed the Tribe of Joseph. It is one of the Ten Lost Tribes. The etymology of the name is disputed.
CanaanRegion in the ancient Near EastCanaan was an ancient Semitic-speaking civilization and region of the Southern Levant during the late 2nd millennium BC. Canaan had significant geopolitical importance in the Late Bronze AgeAmarna Period (14th century BC) as the area where the spheres of interest of the Egyptian, Hittite, Mitanni, and Assyrian Empires converged or overlapped.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.