. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... MOUNT TABOB. line of verdure defining the banks of the Jordan, while nearerare the slopes of Gilboa, the rocks of Duhy, and the gloriousPlain of Esdraelon, like one unbxoken sea of verdure, with itsborders dotted with the hamlets of Jezreel, El-Fuleh, Shunem, FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBJI. 371 Nain, and Endor. And no less significant is the thrilling his-tory of Tabor. Tabor was the northern
. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... MOUNT TABOB. line of verdure defining the banks of the Jordan, while nearerare the slopes of Gilboa, the rocks of Duhy, and the gloriousPlain of Esdraelon, like one unbxoken sea of verdure, with itsborders dotted with the hamlets of Jezreel, El-Fuleh, Shunem, FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBJI. 371 Nain, and Endor. And no less significant is the thrilling his-tory of Tabor. Tabor was the northern boundary-line of thetribe of Issachar;^ here the heroic Deborah and Barak assem-bled the children of Zebulon and Naphtali to fight against Sis-era ;2 years later it was the rendezvous of the brothers of Gid-eon—each one resembled the children of a king—whom Ze-bah and Zalmunna slew f and at a later period it became thescene of Israels idolatry, whose priests Hosea denounces forhaving been a snare on Mizpah and a net spread on Tabor.*Bold in its outline and firm upon its everlasting base, the in-spired writers chose it as a symbol of glory— Tabor and Her-mon shall rejoice in thy name,^ and as typica
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