Nabi Shu'ayb

Nabi Shuʿayb (Arabic: مقام النبي شعيب also transliterated Neby Shoaib, Nabi Shuaib, or Nebi Shu'eib, meaning "the Prophet Shuaib"), known in English as Jethro's tomb,[1][2] is a religious shrine west of Tiberias, in the Lower Galilee region of Israel, containing the purported tomb of prophet Shuayb, identified with the biblical Jethro, Moses' father-in-law.

[7] In Druze tradition, it is believed that towards the end of his life, Shuʿayb took refuge in a cave outside Hittin (a village just west of Tiberias), where he would die in old age.

[7] The older section of the existing structure was built in the 1880s, under the direction of Sheikh Muhanna Tarif, the shaykh al-aql (Druze spiritual leader) of Julis.

A delegation of high-ranking community members traveled to Syria and Lebanon in order to collect funds for new construction and renovations and the local Druze of the Galilee and Mount Carmel also made considerable contributions.

After Israel's establishment in 1948, and the total depopulation of Hittin which had been a predominantly Muslim village, the Druze were granted full custodianship over the tomb, and an additional 100 dunams surrounding it.

The complex of Nabi Shuayb, believed to host the tomb of the prophet Shuayb
The courtyard of the complex
Another courtyard view
Nabi Shu'ayb in a 1940s Survey of Palestine map, shown just outside the historical Palestinian town of Hittin , and overlaid (in blue) with the modern road layout showing the Israeli moshav of Kfar Zeitim .
Druze scouts visiting the tomb