Here it was Laban overtook Jacob in his flight. (See Genesis 31:33.) In after-ages the place became memorable, and was formed into a kingdom. (2 Samuel 2:9.) The plains below were well calculated for cattle; and hence the Reubenites and Gadites desired to possess it in the general distribution of Canaan. (See Numbers 31:1.) And we find the Lord Jesus, when praising his church for the comeliness he had put upon her, compares her to the flocks beheld from this mount. "Behold, thou art fair, my love, behold thou art fair; thou hast dove's eyes within thy locks, thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from mount Gilead." (Song of Solomon 4:1.) It is, no doubt, lovely sight, from an eminence of rising ground to behold the plains below covered with the fleecy inhabitants grazing in their pastures. But how much more lovely to behold the Lord's flock, from the mountain of the Lord's house, feeding in the pasture of his word and ordinances, and by the still waters beside which "the great Shepherd of Israel leads his flock at noon." (Song of Solomon 1:7-8; Psalms 2:3.)