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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4125" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' gil ''''' - ''''' bō´a ''''' ( הר הגּלבּע , <i> ''''' har ha ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' gilbōa‛ ''''' </i> , "Mount of the Gilboa"): Unless we should read "Gilboa" for "Gilead" in Judges 7:3 (see [[Gilead]] , 2) this mountain is mentioned in [[Scripture]] only in connection with the last conflict of Saul with the Philistines, and his disastrous defeat ( 1 Samuel 28:4; 1 Samuel 31:1 , 1 Samuel 31:8; 2 Samuel 1:6 , 2 Samuel 1:21; 2 Samuel 21:12; 1 Chronicles 10:1 , 1 Chronicles 10:8 ). If <i> ''''' Zer‛ı̄n ''''' </i> be identical with [[Jezreel]] - a point upon which Professor R.A.S. Macalister has recently cast some doubt - S aul must have occupied the slopes on the Northwest side of the mountain, near "the fountain which is in Jezreel" ( 1 Samuel 29:1 ). The [[Philistines]] attacked from the plain, and the battle went sore against the men of Israel, who broke and fled; and in the flight Jonathan, [[Abinadab]] and Malchi-shua, sons of Saul, were slain. Rather than be taken by his lifelong foes, Saul fell upon his sword and died ( 1 Samuel 31:1 ). </p> <p> The modern name of the mountain is <i> ''''' Jebel Faḳu‛a ''''' </i> . It rises on the eastern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, and, running from <i> ''''' Zer‛ı̄n ''''' </i> to the Southeast, it then sweeps southward to join the Samarian uplands. It presents an imposing appearance from the plain, but the highest point, <i> ''''' [[Sheikh]] Burḳān ''''' </i> , is not more than 1,696 ft. above sea level. In the higher reaches the range is rugged and barren; but vegetation is plentiful on the lower slopes, especially to the West. The [[Kishon]] takes its rise on the mountain. Under the northern cliffs rises <i> ''''' ‛Ain Jalūd ''''' </i> , possibly identical with [[Harod]] , Well Of , which see. In <i> ''''' Jelbūn ''''' </i> , a village on the western declivity, there is perhaps an echo of the old name. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_73656" /> == | |||
<p> A range of hills on the SE. of the Plain of Esdraëlon, in Palestine, attaining a height of 1698 ft. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_4125"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/gilboa,+mount Mount Gilboa from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_73656"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/gilboa,+mount Mount Gilboa from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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