Dict: smith - GILBOA

smith:

GILBOA - G>@ - (a bubbling spring) a mountain range on the eastern side of the plain of Esdraelon, rising over the city of Jezreel. Comp. ( kjv@1Samuel:28:4) with kjv@1Samuel:29:1 It is mentioned in Scripture only in connection with one event in Israelitish history, the defeat and death of Saul and Jonathan by the Philistines. ( kjv@1Samuel:31:11; 2 Samuel kjv@1:6; 21:12; kjv@1Chronicles:10:1 kjv@1Chronicles:10:8) Of the identity of Gilboa with the ridge which stretches eastward from the ruins of Jezreel no doubt can be entertained. The village is now called Jelbou .