Gilboa
Mount Gilboa was the site of a battle where Saul and his sons were killed by the Philistines.
The name Gilboa means “revolution of inquiry”
PlaceOld Testament2 books3 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at 1 Samuel 28:4; only referred to as Gilboa (גִּלְבֹּעַ).
Alternative names
- גִּלְבֹּעַGilboa
Mentions
- The Philistines gathered together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at 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.
- …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.