Velika bitka med Filistejci in Izraelci - gora Gilboa
Opis
Filistejske sile so napredovale proti Šunemu iz Afeka in se pripravile na napad na Izraelce blizu njihovega tabora v Jezreelu. Saul, ki se je bal velike vojske, ki mu je stala nasproti, se je ponoči izmuznil, da bi se posvetoval z medijem v En-doru in poiskal nasvet pokojnega Samuela. Ko so Filistejci naslednje jutro napadli, so se Izraelci umaknili po pobočjih gore Gilboa. Saul in trije njegovi sinovi so bili ubiti, Filistejci pa so zasmehovali Izrael tako, da so njihova telesa obesili na zid Bet-šana. Kasneje so možje iz Jabes-gileada potovali skozi noč in pridobili telesa nazaj.
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Gilboa
boiling spring, a mountain range, now Jebel Fukua', memorable as the scene of Saul's disastrous defeat by the Philistines. Here also his three sons were slain, and he himself died by his own hand (1Sam 28:4 ; 31:1-8; 2Sam 1:6 -21; 21:12; 1Chr 10:1; 10:8). It was a low barren range of mountains bounding the valley of Esdraelon (Jezreel) on the east, between it and the Jordan valley. When the tidings of this defeat were conveyed to David, he gave utterance to those pathetic words in the "Song of the Bow" (2Sam 1:19 -27).
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary