a celebrated mountain in the Holy Land, often spoken of in
Scripture. It was in the northern boundary of the country, beyond
Jordan, and in the territories which originally belonged to Og, king of
Bashan, Joshua xii, 5; xiii, 5. The Psalmist connects Tabor and Hermon
together, upon more than one occasion, Psalm lxxxix, 12; cxxxiii, 3;
from which it may be inferred that they lay contiguous to each other.
This is agreeable to the account that is given us by travellers. Mr.
Maundrell, in his journey from Aleppo, says that in three hours and a
half from the river Kishon, he came to a small brook near which was an
old village and a good kane, called Legune; not far from which his
company took up their quarters for the night, and from whence they had
an extensive prospect of the plain of Esdraëlon. At about six or seven
hours’ distance eastward, stood, within view, Nazareth, and the two
mountains Tabor and Hermon. He adds that they were sufficiently
instructed by experience what the holy Psalmist means by the dew of
Hermon; their tents being as wet with it as if it had rained all night,
Psalm cxxxiii, 3.
Scripture. It was in the northern boundary of the country, beyond
Jordan, and in the territories which originally belonged to Og, king of
Bashan, Joshua xii, 5; xiii, 5. The Psalmist connects Tabor and Hermon
together, upon more than one occasion, Psalm lxxxix, 12; cxxxiii, 3;
from which it may be inferred that they lay contiguous to each other.
This is agreeable to the account that is given us by travellers. Mr.
Maundrell, in his journey from Aleppo, says that in three hours and a
half from the river Kishon, he came to a small brook near which was an
old village and a good kane, called Legune; not far from which his
company took up their quarters for the night, and from whence they had
an extensive prospect of the plain of Esdraëlon. At about six or seven
hours’ distance eastward, stood, within view, Nazareth, and the two
mountains Tabor and Hermon. He adds that they were sufficiently
instructed by experience what the holy Psalmist means by the dew of
Hermon; their tents being as wet with it as if it had rained all night,
Psalm cxxxiii, 3.