Mount Gilboa
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Mt Gilboa, on the southeast side of the Jezreel Valley. Place name of uncertain meaning, perhaps, “hill country” or “bubbling fountain.” Location of an Israelite encampment (1 Sam. 28:4). The Israelites under Saul were preparing to do battle against the Philistines. At Mount Gilboa Saul and his three sons were slain (1 Sam. 31:8). David sang a lament over the Gilboa tragedy (2 Sam. 1:17-27). Mount Gilboa has been identified with modern Jebel Fuqu ah, on the eastern side of the Plain of Esdraelon. Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary |