The palm tree of Deborah
A place in the Bible
A palm tree in the hill country of Ephraim, between Ramah and Bethel, named after the prophet Deborah.
What happened here
- Deborah: she used to sit under that palm tree, and the Israelites came to her for judgment.
Today
No one knows exactly where it was.
Where it appears in the Bible
Judges 4:5
What the Bible says
Judges 4:5
And she sat under a palm tree, which was called by her name, between Rama and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for all judgment.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Judges 4:5