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Mount Gilboa

Mount Gilboa was the site where Saul and his sons were killed in battle against the Philistines.
PlaceOld Testament4 books6 verses

Summary

A location first mentioned at 1 Samuel 31:1; referred to as Gilboa Mount (גִּלְבֹּעַ) or (Mount )Gilead (גִּלְעָד).

Location

Certainty
Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
Coordinates
32.434° N, 35.414° E
Mount Gilboa
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Events

Dates are approximate

Glossary entries

Mount Gilboa

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. Judges 7:3
    Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the men: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.
  2. 1 Samuel 31:1
    Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
  3. 1 Samuel 31:8
    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 1:6
    “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. 1 Chronicles 10:1
    Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
  6. 1 Chronicles 10:8
    The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.