Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(fountain). The mountain range east of Esdraelon and overlooking Jezreel (1 Sam. 28:4; 31:1; 2 Sam. 1:6).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
Mt. Gilboa and the plain of Esdraelon.
Mountain range where Saul and Jonathan were slain (1 Sam. 28:4; 1 Sam. 31:1,8; 2 Sam. 1:6,21; 2 Sam. 21:12; 1 Chron. 10:1,8). When the tidings reached David he exclaimed, “Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings.” It is judged to be on the S.W. of the valley of Jezreel.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from 1530 and 1158; fountain of ebullition; Gilboa, a mountain of Palestine
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
boiling spring: literally rolling, pouring out
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
A spring of flowing; fountain of ablution; bare mountain:―a mountain of Palestine [HAROD], 1 Sam. 28:4. {Scaturigo emanationis}