Encyclopedia of The Bible – Tabbath
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Tabbath

TABBATH tăb’ əth (טַבָּֽת; LXX Ταβάθ). Tentatively located E of the Jordan. The locality is mentioned in Judges 7:22 as the terminal point of Gideon’s pursuit of the Midianites, routed by his commando force in the plain of Jezreel. The following chapter (vv. 10-13) implies a position in the vicinity of Karkor in Gilead, though Karkor itself is insufficiently identified to serve as a real point of reference. The Gilead hill country would be the natural rallying point of the defeated host. Possibly Ras Abu Tabat on the slopes of Jebel ’Ajlun.