Tabbath, a place near the Jordan River where the Midianites fled after being defeated by Gideon (Judg. 7:22).
Tabbath is mentioned in Judges 7:22 as a place near the Jordan River where the Midianites fled after being defeated by Gideon and his three hundred men. After Gideon's surprise attack on the Midianite camp, the Midianites fled in panic, running towards the Jordan River. The pursuit led them to the area of Beth-shittah, Abel-meholah, and Tabbath. The exact location of Tabbath is not specified, but it is mentioned in the context of the Israelites' victory over the Midianites during the time of the judges.
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Famous, a town in the tribe of Ephraim (Judg. 7:22), to the south of Bethshean, near the Jordan.
(celebrated), a place mentioned only in (Judges 7:25) in describing the flight of the Midianite host after Gideon’s night attack; (probably the present Tubukhat-Fahil, a very striking natural bank 600 feet high, with a long horizontal top, embanked against the western face of the mountains east of the Jordan, and descending with a steep front to the river.—Robinson, Bib. Res.)
TAB'BATH (celebrated), a place noted in the account of the flight of the Midianite host. Jud 7:22. Grove suggests its identity with Tubukhat-Fahil, a remarkable mound or bank about 600 feet high, east of the Jordan, opposite Beisan (Beth-shean).
TAB'BATH (celebrated), a place noted in the account of the flight of the Midianite host. Jud 7:22. Grove suggests its identity with Tubukhat-Fahil, a remarkable mound or bank about 600 feet high, east of the Jordan, opposite Beisan (Beth-shean).
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1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H2888
And when the three hundred ramsʼ 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.
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