Chisloth Tabor
כִּסְלֹת תָּבֹר/KIS-loth TAY-bor/
“Flanks or loins of Tabor”
Summary
A place on the border of Zebulun at the western foot of Mount Tabor, probably the same as Chesulloth.
☩Location
Chisloth Tabor was a place to which the border of Zebulun extended eastward from Sarid on the southern boundary. The name means 'flanks of Tabor' and places it at the western foot of Mount Tabor. It is probably the same as Chesulloth mentioned in Joshua 19:18 and Tabor in 1 Chronicles 6:77. The Onomasticon identifies it with Chesalus, near Mount Tabor in the plain of Esdraelon. It is identified with the modern Iksal, about two and a half miles west of Mount Tabor.
Key verses:Joshua 19:121 Chronicles 6:77
See Also
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Chisloth-Tabor," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. II (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Chislothtabor," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Chisloth Tabor," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).