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.
Originally published with the title A New and Concise Bible Dictionary by George Morrish (London), the Morrish Bible Dictionary is more than a dictionary of Bible words.Wikipedia
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