Tabbath
Tabbath, a place near the Jordan River where the Midianites fled after being defeated by Gideon.
The name Tabbath means “good; goodness”
PlaceOld Testament1 book1 verse
Summary
Location
- Identified as
- Ras Abu Tabat
- Certainty
- Uncertain (30% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 32.287° N, 35.619° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- טַבָּ֑תTabbath
Mentions
- And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.