Bible Dictionaries
Gilboa
Morrish Bible Dictionary
Mountain range where Saul and Jonathan were slain. 1 Samuel 28:4; 1 Samuel 31:1,8; 2 Samuel 1:6,21; 2 Samuel 21:12; 1 Chronicles 10:1,8 . When the tidings reached David he exclaimed, "Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings." It is judged to be on the S.W. of the valley of Jezreel.
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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Gilboa'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​mbd/​g/gilboa.html. 1897.