Velika bitka između Filistejaca i Izraelaca - planina Gelvoa
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Filistejske snage napredovale su do Sunema iz Afeka i pripremile se da napadnu Izraelce blizu njihovog logora u Jezraelu. Saul, u strahu od velike vojske koja mu je pretila, iskradao se tokom noći da se posavetuje s medijumom u En-Doru kako bi zatražio savet od preminulog Samuela. Kada su Filistejci napali sledećeg jutra, Izraelci su se povukli uz padine planine Gelvoa. Saul i tri njegova sina su poginuli, a Filistejci su ismevali Izrael tako što su okačili njihova tela na zid Bet-Šeana. Kasnije su ljudi iz Javeš-Gileada putovali tokom noći i preuzeli tela.
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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