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(Hebrew Kiloth´ Tabor´, úָּáֹø ëַּñְìֹú , JYanks of Tabor; Sept. ×áóáëùèèáâώñ v. r. ×áóåëùèáßè and ×áóáëὼè - âáèώñ , Vulg. Ceseleth-thabor), a place to the "border" ( âְּáåּì ), of which the "border" ( âְּáåּì ) of Zebulon extended eastward from Sarid on the southern boundary (Jos_19:12), apparently outside its territory, at the western foot of Matthew Tabor. SEE TRIBE It is probably the same elsewhere called simply CHESUTLLOTH (Jos_19:18) and TABOR (1Ch_6:7), and seems to be identical with the Chesalus ( ×åáëïýò , Chasalus) of the Onomasticon (s.v. Á᾿÷åóåëώè , Acehaseluth; comp. s. vv. ×åóåëáèèáâώñ , Chaselatabor.; ×áóåëïῦò ôïῦ Èáâώñ , Chaselath), near Matthew Tabor, in the plain [of Esdraelon], 8 R. miles E. of Dioceesarea; also with the Xaloth ( Îáëώè ) 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.