Itabyrium

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(Tabor) Jebel et-Tur. Greek and Latin name of Mount Tabor. The cuty of Tabor is mentioned in the lists of 1 Chron 6 as a city of the Merarite Levites, in the tribe of Zebulun (v. 77). The list of the towns of Zebulun (Josh 19) contains the name of Chisloth-tabor (v. 12). The city was fortified by Josephus against the Romans in A.D. 66.