Daberath
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DABERATH (PLACE) [Heb dābĕrat (דָּבְרַת)]. A levitical city allocated to the tribe of Issachar (Josh 21:28 = 1 Chr 6:57—Eng 6:72). Daberath is also listed as defining part of the border of Zebulun, which went in the direction of Chisloth-tabor and then followed the watercourse to Daberath (Josh 19:12). From this description most scholars argue that Daberath was situated on the border of Issachar and Zebulun. In the Issachar distribution list in Joshua 19, Daberath does not appear. However, Albright (1926: 230) has suggested that Rabbith (19:20) should be emended to Daberath on the basis of LXXB. If Albright is correct, what this means is that the Greek scribes read Daberath and that the present reading of the Hebrew text arose from an easy misreading of the dalet as a reš.
Daberath has been identified with Khirbet Dabbura (M.R. 185233), located on the NW side of Mt. Tabor, less than .5 km E of the modern village of Daburiyeh, which today has nearly engulfed the ancient site with modern buildings and orchard groves. Daberath thus lies at the extreme NE corner of the Esdraelon plain, an area that has been called the Nazareth basin. The site has an important position, nestling between Mt. Tabor and the most S low hills of lower Galilee, connecting two major valleys. Daberath is at the gateway of the Trunk Road as it enters the Esdraelon plain from the Sea of Galilee. This road was one of the main passages from Damascus to the Mediterranean via Megiddo.
Since the mid-1930s inspection visits from the Department of Antiquities and archaeological surveys have been conducted at Khirbet Dabbura. Most of the pottery that has been studied from this site belongs to the Roman, Byzantine, and Arabic periods, although there is also evidence of pottery from the Hellenistic, Persian, Iron, and Bronze Age periods (Peterson 1977: 168–76). Daberath was an unwalled city, and further archaeological work must be done on the NW corner of the base of Mt. Tabor before the occupational history of the site can be established with certainty.
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1:1232). New York: Doubleday.
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Daberath — pasture, a Levitical town of Issachar (Josh. 19:12; 21:28), near the border of Zebulum. It is the modern small village of Deburich, at the base of Mount Tabor. Tradition has incorrectly made it the scene of the miracle of the cure of the lunatic child (Matt. 17:14).
Easton, M. (1996, c1897). Easton's Bible dictionary. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
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DABBESHETH Designation for a camel’s hump (Is 30:6). The name also refers to a town (“camel’s hump hill”) situated on the western border of the land allotted to Zebulun’s tribe for an inheritance (Jos 19:11).
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (345). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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DAB´ERATH (dabʹe-rath; “pasture”). A Levitical town of Issachar (Josh. 19:12; 21:28; 1 Chron. 6:72). It lay at the western foot of Mt. Tabor. It is the present insignificant village of Deburieh.
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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DABERATH. A levitical city of Issachar (1 Ch. 6:72; Jos. 21:28, where av has ‘Dabareh’), probably on the border of Zebulun (Jos. 19:12). It is usually identified with the ruins near the modern Village of Debûriyeh, at the W foot of Mt Tabor. (*Deborah.) j.d.d.
Wood, D. R. W., Wood, D. R. W., & Marshall, I. H. (1996, c1982, c1962). New Bible Dictionary. Includes index. (electronic ed. of 3rd ed.) (251). Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press.
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Daberath (Heb. dāḇĕraṯ)
A levitical town assigned to the Gershonites (Josh. 21:28 = 1 Chr. 6:72 [MT 57]) within the tribal territory of Issachar, on the border of Zebulun (19:12). The site has been identified as Khirbet Dabūra (185233), just E of Dabûriyeh at the northwest foot of Mt. Tabor. Rabbith (Josh. 19:20) may be the same place.
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (307). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
