Chisloth-Tabor
Holman Bible Dictionary [1]
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(Hebrew Kiloth ´ Tabor ´ , תָּבֹר כַּסְלֹת , Jyanks Of Tabor; Sept. Χασαλωθθαβώρ v. r. Χασελωθαίθ and Χασαλὼθ - Βαθώρ , Vulg. Ceseleth-Thabor), a place to the "border" ( גְּבוּל ), of which the "border" ( גְּבוּל ) of Zebulon extended eastward from Sarid on the southern boundary ( Joshua 19:12), apparently outside its territory, at the western foot of Matthew Tabor. (See Tribe) It is probably the same elsewhere called simply CHESUTLLOTH ( Joshua 19:18) and TABOR ( 1 Chronicles 6:7), and seems to be identical with the Chesalus ( Χεαλούς , Chasalus) of the Onomasticon (s.v. Ἀχεσελώθ , Acehaseluth; comp. s. vv. Χεσελαθθαβώρ , Chaselatabor.; Χασελοῦς Τοῦ Θαβώρ , Chaselath), near Matthew Tabor, in the plain [of Esdraelon], 8 R. miles E. of Dioceesarea; also with the Xaloth ( Ξαλώθ ) mentioned I y Josephus (War, 3:3, 1; comp. Life, 44) as a village in the great plain, and one of the landmarks of lower Galilee (comp. Zunz, On The Geography Of Palestine From Jewish Sources in Asher's Benj. of Tudela, 2:432; and Seetzen's Reisen Durch Syrien, 4:311). (See Aznoth-Tabor). It is doubtless the modern Iksal, seen by Dr. Robinson on his way from Nablous to Nazareth, "in the plain toward Sahor, on a low rocky ridge or mound, not far from the foot of the northern hills, described as containing many excavated sepulchres" (Researches, 3:182). It was also observed by De Saulcy, while passing through the plain of Esdraelon towards Nain, "to the left, and distant a little more than a league, built at the foot of the mountains of Nazareth" (Narrative, 1:74). Pococke (2:65) mentions a village which he calls Zal, about three miles from Tabor.
