Gilboa, a mountain in Palestine, between the river Jordan and the plain of Esdraelon, the scene of the defeat and death of Saul and Jonathan. The name Gilboa signifies a bubbling fountain, and was probably taken from a large fountain at the northern base, called in Scripture the well of Harod, or the fountain of Jezreel. The ancient name is preserved in the village on the mountain, called now Jelbun, and in the time of Jerome Gelbus. The fountain is now known as Ain Jalud. The mountain rises not more than 6OO ft. above the plain, but extends E. and W. about 10 m. Its sides are white and barren. Near the fountain of Jezreel was the ancient city of that name, and at this place the Israelites encamped before the battle; while the Philistines pitched at Shunem (now Solam), 8 or 10 m. north, upon the opposite rising ground. The battle was fought, according to the common chronology, in the year 1055 B. C.