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Place · Mountain

Mount Gilboa

Named in 5 verses across 3 books, first in 1 Samuel 31:1.

In the Bible

All 2 verses in 1 Samuel, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 31:1
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
1 Samuel 31:8
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

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Events here

Events the dataset sets at Mount Gilboa. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. 1056 BC
Death of Saul1 Samuel 31:3–13