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	Helkath-hazzurim (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
		After the battle of Gilboa, so fatal to Saul and his house, David, as divinely directed, took up his residence in Hebron, and was there anointed king over Judah.
		Among the fugitives from Gilboa was Ish-bosheth, the only surviving son of Saul, whom Abner, Saul's uncle, took across the Jordan to Mahanaim, and there had him proclaimed king.
		The general result of this battle was that "David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker" (2 Sam.
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	Bible Study on BibleStudyGuide.org. Study the Bible on the Internet. Topics include God, Christ, Bible, religions, ...
		He was about forty years of age when his father and three brothers fell at the battle of Gilboa.
		This great battle, fought at Lake Merom, was the last of Joshua's battles of which we have any record.
		Here was fought the decisive battle in which Sihon (q.v.) was completely routed, and his territory (the modern Belka) came into the possession of Israel.
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	Bible History, Old Testament: Vol IV - Chapter 15
		BRIEF as are the accounts of the battle of Gilboa (1 Samuel 31; 1 Chronicles 10), we can almost picture the scene.
		As he related the story, he had, when the tide of battle turned against Israel, come by accident upon Saul, who stood alone on the slope of Gilboa leaning upon his spear, while the Philistine chariots and horsemen were closing in around him.
		Even this may be regarded as indicating the popular estimate of the man. Immediately after the battle of Gilboa, Abner had taken him across the Jordan to Mahanaim, "the twain camp," where probably the broken remnants of Saul's army also gathered.
	philologos.org /__eb-bhot/vol_IV/ch15.htm (4825 words)

	OUTLINE: MATTHEW CHAPTER 1
		In chapter 30, we saw that when David and his men returned from the battle to their home city of Ziklag, they discovered that it had been burned down and that all of their women and children were missing.
		The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was badly wounded by the archers.
		In the battle on Mount Gilboa, some of Saul’s army fled the battle and many of them were killed in the battle.
	www.calvarychapel.com /greenbay/1samuel/1Sam31p1.htm (4959 words)

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		Battle learned he'd either have to sacrifice his ring finger or the wedding band he wore, he told doctors at a field hospital...
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	Jezreel, Fountain of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Jezreel, Fountain of - where Saul encamped before the battle of Gilboa (1 Sam.
		In the valley under Zerin there are two considerable springs, one of which, perhaps that here referred to, "flows from under a sort of cavern in the wall of conglomerate rock which here forms the base of Gilboa.
		The water is excellent; and issuing from crevices in the rocks, it spreads out at once into a fine limpid pool forty or fifty feet in diameter, full of fish" (Robinson).
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	Israel Resource Review -- 12th April, 2002 -- Newsletter about Israel,Palestinians,the Middle ...
		The Battle in Jenin: An Assessment by Amir Rappaport and Roni Shaked
		Eyal Shlein, the commander of the reserve division that waged the battle in the Jenin area, said last night that there may still be more attempts to shoot at soldiers.
		There are three principles in the Zinni document, leading to a cease-fire and to a war on terror: arrests, confiscating illegal weapons and dealing with terror infrastructure.
	www.israelbehindthenews.com /Archives/Apr-12-02.htm (2269 words)

	JFB Commentary on 1st Chronicles Chapter 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The parallel between the books of Samuel and Chronicles commences with this chapter, which relates the issue of the fatal battle of Gilboa almost in the very same words as 1Sa 31:1-13.
		the battle went sore against Saul; and the archers hit him, and he was wounded--The Hebrew words may be thus rendered: "The archers found (attacked) him, and he feared the archers." He was not wounded, at least not dangerously, when he resolved on committing suicide.
		But it is probable that the feelings that restrained him from complying with Saul's wish were a profound respect for royalty, mingled with apprehension of the shock which such a catastrophe would give to the national feelings and interests.
	bible.christiansunite.com /jfb.cgi?b=13&c=10&print=1 (456 words)

	e. Israel and Judah. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Saul was successful for a time in his wars against the Philistines but was defeated and killed by them at the Battle of Gilboa (c.
		Saul's son Ishbaal ruled for a short period but was then assassinated, perhaps at the instigation of the next king, David.
		In the Battle of Qarqar in 853, Ahab, along with the kings of Damascus and Hamath, temporarily stopped the Assyrians (See 858–824).
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	Biblical Tour: Gilboa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Gilboa range lies in the North of Israel, separating the Harod and Jezreel valleys and reaching 1600 feet in elavation.
		After the battle of Ai, Joshua built an altar on Mt. Eival (near Gilboa) and read the Torah to the Israelites (Joshua 8:30-38).
		Gideon set up a camp on the base of the Gilboa, at Ein Harod, to prepare for the battle against the Midianites (Judges 7:1-25).
	www.jafi.org.il /geo/gilboa (311 words)

	ABNER - LoveToKnow Article on ABNER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He is only referred to incidentally in Saul's history [i Sam.
		5), and is not mentioned, in the account of the disastrous battle of Gilboa when Saul's power was crushed.
		Seizing the only surviving son, Ishbaal, he set him up as king over Israel at Mahanaim, east of the Jordan.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AB/ABNER.htm (414 words)

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		No true statesman would have taken action on account of a merely technical sin of disobedience; the disobedience was real and vital; but the substance of it had to be veiled behind a convenient fiction.
		But the most significant, as well as the most pathetic, of all, is the failure of his courage on the night before the battle of Gilboa.
		Here we see the stalwart hero of the people with his nerves shattered by intoxicants now no longer able to stimulate him: "And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled".
	paranoia.lycaeum.org /marijuana/culture/ot-hach (2274 words)

	Chapter 12, From Dan to Beersheba - J. P. Newman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lying between Gilboa and Jenin, the southern branch terminates among the hills to the eastward.
		But, excelling the others in extent and richness, the great central branch descends in green and gentle slopes to the banks of the Jordan, having Jezreel on the south and Shunem on the north, and is known in Scripture as the "Valley of Jezreel," where Gideon triumphed, and Saul and his sons were slain.
		Her house, with the "little chamber on the wall," is gone, but yonder is the field whither the child of promise "went to his father to the reapers," where he received the fatal coup de soliel, and from which he was carried back to his mother.
	www.dabar.org /newman/Ch12.htm (5468 words)

	Higgaion: Historiography at Endor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Battle of Thermopylae itself is attested in at least two Greek sources relatively close to the time frame of the event (Herodotus, who was a baby at the time of the war, and Simonides, an old man at the time of the war).
		It's the sort of thing an expanding coastal people group might do to their immediate inland neighbors, but saying that this particular battle at this particular place is beyond the reach of historical methodology.
		It's not implausible that a king would want such advice before a battle; in fact, the story depends precisely on the plausibility that a king would want such input.
	www.heardworld.com /higgaion/2005/09/historiography-at-endor.html (1590 words)

	mt. gilboa
		As thousands of enemy soldiers--swordsmen, archers, spear throwers, cavalry, charioteers-- streamed across the plain before him, Saul was struck with fear for the first time in his military career.
		Although there was little room to maneuver, it was preferable to confronting the Philistines on the plain where their chariots were more effective.
		O mountains of Gilboa, may you have neither dew nor rain, nor fields that yield offerings of grain.
	www.ourfatherlutheran.net /biblehomelands/galilee/mtgilboa.htm (1067 words)

	Goliath's Sword in Righteous Hands -NRA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Achish gained so much confidence in David that he would have taken him into the battle of Gilboa on the side of the Philistines had the Philistine warlords been willing to allow it.
		David very handily managed to situate himself in the rear of the Philistines for the battle of Gilboa.
		Had the lords of the Philistines allowed him to remain there as Achish suggested, the battle of Gilboa could have turned out quite differently.
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	DAVID
		Unlike his brothers, David was a shepherd, in which capacity he learnt courage which he later used in battle (1 Samuel 17:34,35).
		He also learned tenderness and care for his flocks, a side of David which was reflected in his writings of God (eg Psalm 23).
		Eventually Saul was killed in the battle of Gilboa in 1056 BC.
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	Armageddon
		Additionally, this is where King Saul died in battle against the Philistines, at the battle of Gilboa (I Samuel 31:8), and where Josiah died in battle against the Egyptians under the command of Pharaoh Necho (II Kings 23:29,30; II Chronicles 35:22).
		And note: there is no doubt as to the outcome of the battle in the angel's mind; indeed, he is so sure that he commands the vultures to gather before the battle takes place.
		And the location of this last great battle is in Palestine, specifically in Armageddon (Valley of Megiddo), the Jeshoshaphat Valley, Edom (Idumea) and the city of Jerusalem.
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	David and Jerusalem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The young David was anointed king by the prophet Samuel, as described in 1 Samuel 16, but in practice King Saul continued to rule for many years, during which he tried, on various occasions, to eliminate the threat that David posed to his kingdom.
		Saul's death on Mount Gilboa in battle against the Philistines enabled David to return from exile at Ziklag and to be chosen king by his tribe, Judah.
		Following a war of succession between David and Ish-boshet (son of Saul), David became sole king: "All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, We are your own flesh and blood...
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	Judges, Prophets, Kings : History & Prophecy - Israel My Beloved (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		After a reign of twenty years, he killed himself after being wounded in the battle of Gilboa (1 Samuel 9-31; 2 Samuel; 1 Chronicles 5:10; 8:33; 9:39; 10; 15:29; 26:28).
		Killed in battle when he foolishly tried to prevent Egyptian army from crossing his land to get to Assyria.
		In a new Aramean battle he was wounded, and while he recuperated turned the army over to his general, Jehu.
	www.israelmybeloved.com /history_prophecy/judges_prophets_kings/kings_summary.htm (2546 words)

	Sermon, July 8, 2001, Called to Victory
		Then he was given a commission in the military and had a string of successful campaigns against Israel¹s enemies.
		Eventually, when he returned from battle with Saul, the women began to dance and sing, "Saul has killed his thousands, but David his ten thousands." Saul hated that song.
		At the same time Saul was being defeated at the battle of Gilboa, David was in a town called Ziklag, facing one of the darkest days of his life.
	www.natpresch.org /exegesis/sermon2001-07-08.htm (1727 words)

	Holy Spirit Interactive: Bible Discovery - Ish-bosheth
		Ish-bosheth, originally named Eshbaal, was the youngest of the four sons of King Saul.
		He was about forty years old when his father and three brothers including Jonathan fell at the battle of Gilboa.
		Through the influence of Abner, Saul's cousin, he was acknowledged as successor to the throne of Saul, and ruled over all Israel, except the tribe of Judah, which was ruled by David.
	www.holyspiritinteractive.net /biblediscovery/ishbosheth.asp (212 words)

	Appendix F (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Saul is selected by Samuel (the last Judge) as the first King of a United Israel.
		Saul commits suicide after losing the battle of Gilboa.
		He and three of his sons are decapitated and put on display.
	www.lidden.demon.co.uk /temples/summary.htm (418 words)

	Goliath's Sword in Righteous Hands, by Richard Bacon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the first instance David proclaimed, "know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it." (1 Samuel 24:1lb) This seems even more salient in David’s comment to Abishai in the wilderness of Ziph.
		"As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish." (1 Samuel 26:10) A similar injunction is found just before Paul’s exposition on the civil magistrate in Romans.
		As much as possible the flight should be accompanied by furthering or pursuing one’s calling.
	www.fpcr.org /blue_banner_articles/goliath.htm (3250 words)

	Bible Study - Ish-bosheth
		Originally named Esh-baal (1 Chronicles 8:33), in Hebrew meaning man of Baal, the youngest of the four sons of King Saul was later known as Ish-bosheth, from the Hebrew meaning man of shame.
		After Saul and his other three sons, including Jonathan, were killed by the Philistines at the battle of Gilboa (1 Samuel 31:1-13), Ish-bosheth was proclaimed king of the Israelites, except for the tribe of Judah who made David their king.
		The Israelite civil war between King David and Ish-bosheth that followed ended when Ish-bosheth was assassinated by two of his own troopers.
	www.keyway.ca /htm2001/20011104.htm (433 words)

	Daily Bible Study - Trophy
		The best-known examples of that are when the Philistines took the beheaded body and armor of King Saul after he was killed in battle at Mount Gilboa.
		Saul's head and armor were taken by the Philistines after he was killed in battle against them:
		The royal troops were utterly routed at the following Battle of Killiecrankie and over 2,000 were killed.
	www.keyway.ca /htm2004/20040727.htm (958 words)

	Courier Electronic Edition: 101202
		LEIPSIC -- The final seconds -- make that second -- of Leipsic's battle with Pandora-Gilboa was a microcosm of the Vikings' season this year.
		Findlay scored two touchdowns on its first four snaps of the game, weathered an Oregon Clay rally in the middle two quarters, then took control down the stretch to beat the Eagles 42-14 in a Great Lakes League battle between the conference leaders.
		They thought they had a win, had to wait a bit longer to see if they'd get the victory and then survived when Leipsic's Michael Escamilla broke up a pass in the end zone.
	www.thecourier.com /issues/2002/Oct/sports101202.htm (5467 words)

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