Gilboa

Mountain mentioned in 8 verses of the Bible, most often in 1 Samuel.

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Where it appears

1 Samuel (3), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (2)

Key verses

• 1 Samuel 28:4 first mention — And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
• 1 Samuel 31:1 — Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
• 1 Samuel 31:8 — And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
• 2 Samuel 1:6 — And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
• 2 Samuel 1:21 — Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
• 2 Samuel 21:12 — And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
• 1 Chronicles 10:1 — Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
• 1 Chronicles 10:8 — And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

Nearby places

• Beth-eked 7 km
• Bezek 7 km
• Beth-shan 11 km
• Ibleam 12 km
• Thebez 13 km
• Abel-meholah 15 km
• Jezreel 16 km
• Dothan 17 km

Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.