גִּלְבֹּעַ

gil.bo.aGilboa
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place8 occurrences3 books8 verses
This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
  • Gilboa: A mountain range where Saul and his sons died
  • Mount Gilboa: A mountain range where Saul and his sons died

Definition

from H1530 and H1158; fountain of ebullition; Gilboa, a mountain of Palestine
Traditional renderings: Gilboa.

Glossary entries

Mount Gilboa

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

8 total
  1. 1 Samuel 28:4בַּגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃ · at Gilboa
    The Philistines gathered together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
  2. 1 Samuel 31:1הַגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃ · Gilboa
    Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
  3. 1 Samuel 31:8הַגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃ · Gilboa
    The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
  4. 2 Samuel 1:6הַגִּלְבֹּ֔עַ · Gilboa
    “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
  5. 2 Samuel 1:21בַגִּלְבֹּ֗עַ · of Gilboa
    O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
  6. 2 Samuel 21:12בַּגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃ · at Gilboa
    …he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
  7. 1 Chronicles 10:1גִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃ · Gilboa
    Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
  8. 1 Chronicles 10:8גִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃ · Gilboa
    The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.