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Gilboa
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
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) on the east, between it and the Jordan valley. When the tidings of this defeat were conveyed to David, he gave utterance to those pathetic words in the “Song of the Bow” (2 Sam. 1:19-27).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(a bubbling spring) a mountain range on the eastern side of the plain of Esdraelon, rising over the city of Jezreel. Comp. (1 Samuel 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. (1 Samuel 31:11; 2 Samuel 1:6; 21:12; 1 Chronicles 10:1,8) Of the identity of Gilboa with the ridge which stretches eastward from the ruins of Jezreel no doubt can be entertained. The village is now called Jelbou .
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
GILBO'A, or GIL'BOA (bubbling fountain), a mountain east of the plain of Jezreel, about 10 miles long, running east-south-east and west-north-west; the northern slope is steep; the southern was probably once covered with forests, though it is now inhabited and cultivated. History. — Gilboa was a place where Saul and Jonathan were slain in battle, and from whence Saul went to consult the witch of Endor. 1 Sam 28:4; 1 Sam 31:6; 1 Chr 10:1; 2 Sam 1:21. The mountain is now called Jebel Fukua'; the place is called Jelbon.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
GILBO'A, or GIL'BOA (bubbling fountain), a mountain east of the plain of Jezreel, about 10 miles long, running east-south-east and west-north-west; the northern slope is steep; the southern was probably once covered with forests, though it is now inhabited and cultivated. History. — Gilboa was a place where Saul and Jonathan were slain in battle, and from whence Saul went to consult the witch of Endor. 1 Sam 28:4; 1 Sam 31:6; 1 Chr 10:1; 2 Sam 1:21. The mountain is now called Jebel Fukua'; the place is called Jelbon.