Daberath(dabareh)
“Pasture”
☩Location and Assignment
Daberath was a town in Issachar near the border of Zebulun, named next to Chisloth-tabor in Joshua's description of tribal boundaries. It was assigned to the Gershonite Levites as one of their cities. Eusebius and Jerome mention Dabira as a village near Mount Tabor in the region of Diocaesarea. Josephus refers to a place called Dabaritta in the great plain on the borders of Galilee.
☩Modern Identification
The site is identified with the modern village of Deburieh at the base of Mount Tabor on the northwest. The situation is beautiful, with Tabor's wooded heights rising behind and the plain of Esdraelon expanding before it. Tradition incorrectly associates this location with Christ's healing of the lunatic child after His descent from the Mount of Transfiguration.
References
- 1.James Orr (ed.), "Daberath," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. II (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 2.John McClintock and James Strong, "Daberath," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. II (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).