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Mount Gilboa in the Bible.

Mount Gilboa is a mountain in the Bible, about 75 km (46 miles) north of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 8 verses, from 1 Samuel 28:4 to 1 Chronicles 10:8.

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All 8 verses that name Mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 3

  • 1 Samuel 28:4And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
  • 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
  • 1 Samuel 31:8And 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 3

  • 2 Samuel 1:6And 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 1:21Ye 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 21:12And 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 2

  • 1 Chronicles 10:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
  • 1 Chronicles 10:8And 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.

Questions about Mount Gilboa.

Where is Mount Gilboa in the Bible?

Mount Gilboa is a mountain about 75 km (46 miles) north of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Mount Gilboa named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Mount Gilboa in 8 verses, in 3 books, from 1 Samuel 28:4 to 1 Chronicles 10:8.

Which people are named with Mount Gilboa in the Bible?

The verses that name Mount Gilboa also name Saul, David and Jonathan.

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