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• TAANACH a sandy place, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, on the
  south-western border of the plain of Esdraelon, 4 miles south of Megiddo.
  Its king was conquered by Joshua (12:21). It was assigned to the Levites
  of the family of Kohath (17:11-18; 21:25). It is mentioned in the song of
  Deborah (Judges 5:19). It is identified with the small modern village of
  Ta’annuk.


• TAANATH-SHILOH approach to Shiloh, a place on the border of
  Ephraim (Joshua 16:6), probably the modern T’ana, a ruin 7 miles
  south-east of Shechem, on the ridge east of the Mukhnah plain.


• TABBAOTH impressions; rings, “the children of,” returned from the
  Captivity (Ezra 2:43).


• TABBATH famous, a town in the tribe of Ephraim (Judges 7:22), to the
  south of Bethshean, near the Jordan.


• TABEAL goodness of God, the father of one whom the kings of Syria and
  Samaria in vain attempted to place on the throne of Ahaz (Isaiah 7:6).


• TABEEL a Persian governor of Samaria, who joined others in the attempt
  to prevent the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Ezra 4:7).


• TABERAH burning, a place in the wilderness of Paran, where the “fire of
  the Lord” consumed the murmuring Israelites (Numbers 11:3;
  Deuteronomy 9:22). It was also called Kibroth-hattaavah (q.v.).


• TABERING playing on a small drum or tabret. In Nahum 2:7, where alone
  it occurs, it means beating on the breast, as players beat on the tabret.


• TABERNACLE (1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.).

(2.) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch
(Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., “Siccuth”).

(3.) The human body (2 Corinthians 5:1, 4); a tent, as opposed to a
permanent dwelling.