On nearby Mount Gilboa, Saul, the first king of Israel, was defeated by the Philistines in a dramatic battle, during which Jonathan and two of Sauls other sons were killed and Saul himself committed suicide 1 Samuel 31 1  5
याच युद्धात योनाथान आणि त्याच्या इतर दोन भावांचाही वध करण्यात आला व खुद्द शौलाने आत्महत्या केली. — १ शमुवेल ३१: १ - ५.