Mount Gilboa (Hebrew: הר הגלבוע) is a ridge above the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel. The formation extends from southeast to northwest, bordering the highlands of the West Bank and the Beit She'an valley; the 'Green Line' between Israel and the West Bank traverses the ridge. The Gilboa range is also the setting in the Books of Samuel of a battle between Saul and the Philistines.
The Arabic name is Mount Faqoa (Arabic: جبال فقوعة). The name ...
more
Read article at Wikipedia
Gilboa
We can also tell you Gilboa is a
If you know more about Gilboa, you can add more facts here »
Similar topics in Freebase
-
Mount Yosifon
Mount Yosifon (Hebrew: הר יוסיפון, Har Yosifon) is a part of an extinguished volcano in the central Golan Heights. The top of the mountain is 981 meters above sea level. -
Mount Hermon
Mount Hermon (33°24′N 35°51′E / 33.4°N 35.85°E / 33.4; 35.85; Arabic: جبل الشيخ, Jabal el-Shaiykh,"mountain of the chief" and "snowy mountain", Hebrew: הר חרמון, Har Hermon) is a mountain in the Anti-Lebanon mountain range. Its highest point is 2,814 m (9,230 feet) above sea level. This summit... -
Mount Bnei Rasan
Mount Bnei Rasan (Arabic: تلّ بني غسان, Tell Bani Ghasan; Hebrew: הר בני רסן, Har Bnei Rasan) is a part of an extinguished volcano in the east of the Golan Heights. The top of the mountain is 1072 meters above sea level. On the top of the mountain is the Golan Heights Wind Farm. It consists of 10... -
Mount of Beatitudes
The Mount of Beatitudes refers to the hill in northern Israel where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount. The traditional location for the Mount of Beatitudes is on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, between Capernaum and Gennesaret (Ginosar). The actual location of the Sermon on the... -
Har Karkom
Har Karkom ("Mountain of Saffron", also called Jabal Ideid) is a mountain in the southwest Negev desert in Israel, half way between Petra and Kadesh Barnea. On the basis that the Israelites travelled across the Sinai peninsula towards Petra in a fairly straight line, a number of scholars have... -
Mount Ramon
Mount Ramon is a mountain in the Negev desert in Israel, near the Egyptian border and west of the well-known Ramon Crater. Its elevation is 1037 meters above sea level and it's the summit of the Negev Mountains. It is the highest mountain in southern Israel. -
Givat Orcha
Givat Orcha (Hebrew: גבעת אורחה, Givat Orcha) is a hill in the south east of the Golan Heights. The top of the mountain is 646 meters above sea level. -
Mount Odem
Mount Odem (Arabic: رأس الأحمر, Ras al-Ahmar; Hebrew: הר אודם, Har Odem, lit. ruby mountain) is a part of an extinguished volcano in the north of the Golan Heights. The top of the mountain is 1100 meters above sea level. The mountain is within the Odem forest reserve, between the Druze village... -
Mount Baron
Mount Baron (Hebrew: הר בראון, Har Baron) is a part of an extinguished volcano in the north east of the Golan Heights. The top of the mountain is 1056 meters above sea level. -
Mount Kramim
Mount Kramim (Arabic: تل الكرمة, Tell al-Karmeh; Hebrew: הר כרמים, Har Kramim, lit. vineyards mountain) is a part of an extinguished volcano in the north of the Golan Heights. The top of the mountain is 1190 meters above sea level. It is part in a line of Israeli hills, between Mount Ram and...