Gilboa
GIL-BO`A (wheel of inquiry), The mountain range on the
south east of Esdraelon overlooking Jezreel, 1 Sam. 28:4.
Scene of the defeat of Saul and Jonathan, 1 Sam. 31:1 ; 2
Sam. 1:6....
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And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came
to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen
in mount Gilboa....
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And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came
to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons
fallen in mount Gilboa....
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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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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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(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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boiling spring, a mountain range, now Jebel Fukua', memorable
as
the scene of Saul's disastrous defeat by the
Philistines. Here
also his three sons were slain, and he himself died by
his own
hand (1 Sam. 28:4; 31:1-8; 2 Sam. 1:6-21; 21:12; 1
Chr. 10:1,
8). It was a low barren range of mountains bounding
the valley
of Esdraelon (Jezreel) o...
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("bubbling fountain"), namely, of Jezreel; see below. The
mountain range N.E. of the plain, and over the city, of
Jezreel, extending ten miles from W. to E. (1 Samuel 28:4; 1
Samuel 29:1.) The scene of the death of Saul and Jonathan (1
Samuel 31:1; 2 Samuel 1:6,21: "ye mountains (for there is not
merely one mountain) of Gilboa, let there be no...
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("bubbling fountain"), namely, of Jezreel; see below. The
mountain range N.E. of the plain, and over the city, of
Jezreel, extending ten miles from W. to E. (1 Samuel 28:4; 1
Samuel 29:1.) The scene of the death of Saul and Jonathan (1
Samuel 31:1; 2 Samuel 1:6,21: "ye mountains (for there is not
merely one mountain) of Gilboa, let there be no...
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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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