Gilboa

Gilboa (Hebrew: גלבוע‎) is a Hebrew word and the name of several places:

• Mount Gilboa, a biblical site in Israel, where King Saul's sons were killed by the Philistines, and Saul took his own life (1 Samuel 31:4)
• Gilboa Regional Council
• Two towns in the United States are named for the mountain:
  • Gilboa, New York
  • Gilboa, Ohio
• Gilboa Fossil Forest
• The fictional kingdom of Gilboa, in the American TV series Kings
• Israeli assault rifle manufacturer.