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Gethsemane Scripture - Mark 14:32

And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray....

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Gilboa Scripture - 2 Samuel 21:12

And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:...

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Gethsemane in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

geth-sem'-a-ne (Gethsemanei (for other spellings and accents see Thayer, under the word); probably from the Aramaic gath shemanim, "oil press"): Mentioned (Mt 26:36; Mk 14:32) as a place (chorion), margin "enclosed piece of ground," to which Jesus and the disciples retired after the last supper; in Jn 18:1 it is described as a "garden" (kepos)...

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Gilboa in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

gil-bo'-a (~har hagilboa], "Mount of the Gilboa"): Unless we should read "Gilboa" for "Gilead" in Jdg 7:3 (see GILEAD, 2) this mountain is mentioned in Scripture only in connection with the last conflict of Saul with the Philistines, and his disastrous defeat (1 Sam 28:4; 31:1,8; 2 Sam 1:6,21; 21:12; 1 Ch 10:1,8). If Zer`in be identical w...

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Gilboa Scripture - 1 Samuel 28:4

And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa....

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Gethsemane in Naves Topical Bible

(A garden near Jerusalem) -Jesus betrayed in Mt 26:36-50; Mr 14:32-46; Lu 22:39-49; Joh 18:1,2...

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Gilboa in Naves Topical Bible

A hill south of Jezreel, where Saul was defeated by the Philistines, and died 1Sa 28:4; 31:1-8; 1Ch 10:1-8...

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Gilboa Scripture - 1 Samuel 31:1

Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa....

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Gilboa in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(a bubbling spring) a mountain range on the eastern side of the plain of Esdraelon, rising over the city of Jezreel. Comp. 1Sa 28:4 with 1Sam 29:1 It is mentioned in Scripture only in connection with one event in Israelitish history, the defeat and death of Saul and Jonathan by the Philistines. 1Sa 31:11; 2Sa 1:6; 21:12; 1Ch 10:1,8 Of the ide...

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Gethsemane in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(an oil-press), a small "farm," Mt 26:36; Mr 14:32 situated across the brook Kedron Joh 18:1 probably at the foot of Mount Olivet, Lu 22:39 to the northwest and about one-half or three quarters of a mile English from the walls of Jerusalem, and 100 yards east of the bridge over the Kedron. There was a "garden," or rather orchard, attached to i...

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