Place

Mount Gilboa

Terrain:: Mountain
Verse mentions:: 5

Mount Gilboa, in the Jezreel Valley, is where King Saul and his sons, including Jonathan, died in battle against the Philistines (1 Samuel 31). David's lament afterward curses the mountain: "let there be no dew nor rain upon you" (2 Samuel 1:21).

Timeline

Every event Scripture sets at Mount Gilboa, arranged in the order the biblical narrative tells them. Follow the story as it unfolds there, from the first mention to the last.

Relationship graph

Mount Gilboa's place in the wider story of Scripture, connecting the people, places, families, and events tied to their life. See how these relationships overlap and form a single picture instead of separate lists.

Events here 1

Death of Saul

Died here 1

Saul

Appears in 5

Reference	Verse
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.
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.

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