Aznoth-Tabor
AZNOTH-TABOR
AZNOTH-TABOR (Heb. אַזְנוֹת תָּבוֹר), place on the southern boundary of the tribe of Naphtali (Josh. 19:34). Its suggested identification is with Khirbat Umm-Jubayl, north of Mt. Tabor, where potsherds of the Israelite period have been found.
bibliography:
Aharoni, Land, 239; em, s.v.; A. Saarisalo, Boundary between Issachar and Naphtali (1927), 127; Alt, in: pjb, 23 (1927), 42. add. bibliography: R. Frankel, in: abd, 1:540.
[Michael Avi-Yonah]
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