Bible Dictionary
Tabbath
Tabbath was a place in the Jordan valley associated with the flight of the Midianites after Gideon’s victory. Its precise location has not been established.
Definition
Tabbath was a place in the Jordan valley associated with the flight of the Midianites after Gideon’s victory. Its exact location has not been established.
Biblical Usage
It is named in the account of the Midianite army’s flight after Gideon’s night attack.
Historical Background
The place lay east of Beth-shan, near the Jordan. It has been proposed that Tabbath was the striking natural bank now called Tubukhat-Fahil, but no trace of the name has been recovered.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Famous, a town in the tribe of Ephraim (Judg. 7:22), to the south of Bethshean, near the Jordan.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(celebrated), a place mentioned only in (Judges 7:25) in describing the flight of the Midianite host after Gideon’s night attack; (probably the present Tubukhat-Fahil, a very striking natural bank 600 feet high, with a long horizontal top, embanked against the western face of the mountains east of the Jordan, and descending with a steep front to the river.—Robinson, Bib. Res.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>tab'-ath (Tabbath; Codex Vaticanus Tabath; Gabath): A place named after Abel-meholah in the account of the Midianite flight before Gideon (Jud 7:23). It must therefore have been a place in the Jordan valley to the East of Beth-shan. No trace of the name has yet been recovered.</p>