Tabor is mentioned in Bible as a special mountain. "The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name"(Psalms 89:12). "[As] I live, saith the King, whose name [is] the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor [is] among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, [so] shall he come" (Jeremiah 46:18). The famous battle between Barak and Deborah's army with that of Jabin, commanded by Sisera occurred here (Judges 4:10-16). Mt. Tabor is mentioned as a place reached by the Midianites in Gideon's time (Judg. 8:18). It was a boundary point between the territories of the tribes of Zebulun , Naphtali and Issachar (Joshua 19:22).
However, today Mt tabor is more famous as the traditional site where Transfiguration of Jesus Christ occurred. "And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart. And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him" (Mathew 17:1-9; Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36).
Tabor was first occupied by a Seleucid fortress in the 3rd century BC. It was later refortified in 66 AD by Josephus during the First Jewish Revolt, but fell to Roman Emperor Vespasian in 67. Christians have identified a rock atop Mt. Tabor as the place of the Transfiguration of Christ since the 4th century AD. By 570, three Byzantine churches are recorded as standing on Mt. Tabor. By the 7th century, there was an Armenian Monastery of the Transfiguration in Tabor which turned Greek by 9th century. In 12th century (Crusader Period) a Roman Catholic (Benedectine) basilica replaced the old Byzantine chapels. From 1187-1229 it was under Muslims and Franciscans regained the area for a short period (1229-1241). But in 1263, Baybars destroyed the church and the mountain became a royal hunting park for the Mamluks. In 1631, the Franciscans were given permission to live atop Mount Tabor, and this permission was confirmed by the Ottomans in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Franciscans rediscovered the ruined Crusader church in 1858 and began reconstruction. The present church was constructed in 1924, and it stands over the 12th century Crusader church.
The history of Tabor is taken from the following online site
However, today Mt tabor is more famous as the traditional site where Transfiguration of Jesus Christ occurred. "And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart. And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him" (Mathew 17:1-9; Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36).
Tabor was first occupied by a Seleucid fortress in the 3rd century BC. It was later refortified in 66 AD by Josephus during the First Jewish Revolt, but fell to Roman Emperor Vespasian in 67. Christians have identified a rock atop Mt. Tabor as the place of the Transfiguration of Christ since the 4th century AD. By 570, three Byzantine churches are recorded as standing on Mt. Tabor. By the 7th century, there was an Armenian Monastery of the Transfiguration in Tabor which turned Greek by 9th century. In 12th century (Crusader Period) a Roman Catholic (Benedectine) basilica replaced the old Byzantine chapels. From 1187-1229 it was under Muslims and Franciscans regained the area for a short period (1229-1241). But in 1263, Baybars destroyed the church and the mountain became a royal hunting park for the Mamluks. In 1631, the Franciscans were given permission to live atop Mount Tabor, and this permission was confirmed by the Ottomans in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Franciscans rediscovered the ruined Crusader church in 1858 and began reconstruction. The present church was constructed in 1924, and it stands over the 12th century Crusader church.
The history of Tabor is taken from the following online site
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