Mount Tabor
Traditionally the site of Jesus' Transfiguration; Deborah also defeated enemies here.
First mentioned in the Bible
And he was transfigured before them; his face shone as the sun, and his outer garments became brilliant as the light.— Matthew 17:2
Background
Mount Tabor is a dome-shaped hill northeast of the Jezreel Valley. Deborah commanded Barak to gather ten thousand men here and defeated Sisera's iron chariots. Christian tradition identifies this as the Transfiguration site where Jesus' face shone like the sun and Moses and Elijah appeared.
Related Scriptures (New World Translation)
And he was transfigured before them; his face shone as the sun, and his outer garments became brilliant as the light.— Matthew 17:2
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