Allon-Bachuth
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [1]
Oak of weeping; the spot where Rebekah's nurse was buried, Genesis 35:8 .
Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]
Genesis 35:8 Judges 4:5
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(Hebrew Allon'-Bakcuth' בָּכוּת אִלֹּון , Oak Of Weeping; Sept. Βάλανος Πένθους ) ,A spot near Bethel, so designated from a tree under which Jacob encamped, and where Rebekah's nurse Deborah was buried ( Genesis 35:8). (See Oak). From the comparative rarity of large trees in the plains of Palestine, they were naturally designated as landmarks, and became favorite places for residence and sepulture ( Judges 6:11-19; 1 Samuel 31:13). (See Allon). The particular tree in question is thought by some to have been a Terebinth (q.v.), but scarcely the same under which Abraham sojourned ( Genesis 18:1) (See Mamre), but perhaps the "palm-tree of Deborah," under which Deborah (q.v.) dwelt ( Judges 4:5). So Ewald (Isr. Gesch. 1, 344; 3, 29) believes the "oak of Tabor" ( 1 Samuel 10:3, Auth. Vers. "plain of T.") to be the same as, or the successor of, this tree, "Tabor" being possibly a merely dialectical change from "Deborah" (see also Stanley, Palest. p. 143, 220). (See Baal- Tamar).
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [4]
Al´lon-Bac´huth (the oak of weeping), a place in Bethel, where Rebekah's nurse was buried ( Genesis 35:8).
