Daberath

Daberath (Davrat) (dab'-e-rath) ("pasture") was a biblical Levitical city in the territory of Issachar, located near the border of Zebulun. It likely survives as the modern Israeli Arab village of Daburiyya.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150323011802/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-45256549.html Deep into the forest], The Jerusalem Post The nearby kibbutz of Dovrat is named after it.

It was important militarily, being located at the foot of Mount Tabor and guarding the entry to the Esdraelon plain. According to Josephus (ii.21.§3), who called this town Dabaritta, or Darabitta,[http://biblehub.com/joshua/19-12.htm Treasury of Scripture] on Joshua 19:12 accessed 29 October 2015 a military garrison was stationed here. Jerome mentioned "a little village of the Jews by Mount Tabor, of the country belonging to Diocaesarea, called Dabira".[http://biblehub.com/commentaries/gill/joshua/19.htm Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible] on Joshua 19:21, accessed 29 October 2015

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