You may remember me mentioning Mt Gilboa when we visited Gideon’s Spring. Mt Gilboa is nearby to the spring. This is the mountain above the valley where Saul and David met Goliath and the Philistines. The exact place is not known, but Gideon’s Spring is still there, and so is the mountain. Nearby in Bet She’an where we will go next is where Saul and Jonathan’s bodies were displayed when they were killed. (Ref. 1 Sam 31: 8-10). They were killed on Mt Gilboa.
Eitan said that when David learned of the death of Saul and Jonathan, he cursed the mountain. To this day it is rocky terrain, receives little rain, and struggles to grow even hearty plants and trees. One of our crew caught this picture on the mountain.
It was raining the day we were there, and very windy. One of our crew said something to Eitan about the weather, and he said that according to the curse of David, we must be righteous folks because of the blessing of rain on the mountain while we were there. On the way up the mountain, we saw yet another rainbow.
This was part of the green trail…
And we took a group picture where people go to jump off the mountain with parachutes.
Wow again with the view.
Here is Mt Gilboa. The weather was crummy, but it was worth the ride.
Last stop, Bet She’an.