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 Fossil Forest
- The fictional kingdom of Gilboa, in the American TV series Kings
- Israeli assault rifle manufacturer.
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