Key facts
- Elevation
- 496 m (1,627 ft)
- Location
- Northern District , Israel
- Parent range
- Samaria
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Encyclopedic overview
Scenery on Mount Gilboa Mount Gilboa (Hebrew: הַר הַגִּלְבֹּעַ, romanized: Har hagGīlbōaʿ; Arabic: جبل جلبوع Jabal Jalbūʿ or جبل فقوعة Jabal Fuqqāʿa), sometimes referred to as the Mountains of Gilboa, is the name for a mountain range in Israel. It overlooks the Harod Valley (the eastern part of the larger Jezreel Valley) to the north, and the Jordan Valley and Hills to the southeast and to the west, respectively.
Gilboa is identified as the location of Saul's last battle and suicide in the Books of Samuel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Gilboa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.