Gilboa sites

This page summarizes the reviewed sites of Mount Gilboa.

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(a) Sites

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Saul’s Shoulder

  •    Observation point on Mt. Saul, overlooking the Jezreel valley and Mt. Gilboa. Named after King Saul and his sons who died here fighting the Philistines.

  • (2 Samuel 1:21): “Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you”.

Horvat Nurit

Horvat Nurit (Kh. Nuris) is a multi-period archaeological ruin, situated on the northern foothills of Mt. Gilboa.


 

Nov 30, 2024

Giv’at Yonathan

Giv’at Yonathan (Jonathan Hill) is the site of an ancient walled city dating back to the Bronze and Iron Ages, located on a low projecting spur of Mount Gilboa.


Dec 4, 2024

Horvat Mazarim

Ruins of  multi-period archaeological site on the summit of a high hill of Mount Gilboa.

more sites to come…


(b) Links

 


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This page was last updated on Dec 8, 2024 (add Mazarim)

 


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