Gilead H1568
1. A region east of the Jordan:
- Allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half tribe of Manasseh
Numbers 32:30; Deuteronomy 3:13; Deuteronomy 34:1; 2 Kings 10:33
- Reubenites expel the Hagarites from
1 Chronicles 5:10; 1 Chronicles 5:22
- Ammonites make war against; defeated by Jephthah
; Amos 1:13
- The prophet Elijah, a native of
1 Kings 17:1
- David retreats to, at the time of Absalom's rebellion
2 Samuel 17:16; 2 Samuel 17:22; 2 Samuel 17:24
- David pursued into, by Absalom
2 Samuel 17:26
- Absalom defeated and slain in the forests of
2 Samuel 18:9
- Hazael, king of Syria, smites the land of
2 Kings 10:33; Amos 1:3
- Invaded by Tiglath-Pileser, king of Syria
2 Kings 15:29
- A grazing country
Numbers 32:1; 1 Chronicles 5:9
- Exported spices, balm, and myrrh
Genesis 37:25; Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 46:11
- Figurative of prosperity
Jeremiah 22:6; Jeremiah 50:19
2. A mountain:
- General references
Judges 7:3; Song of Solomon 4:1; Song of Solomon 6:5
- Laban overtakes Jacob at
Genesis 31:25
3. A city
Hosea 6:8; Hosea 12:11
4. Grandson of Manasseh
Numbers 26:30; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:1; Joshua 17:1; Joshua 17:3; 1 Chronicles 2:21; 1 Chronicles 2:23; 1 Chronicles 7:14; 1 Chronicles 7:17
5. Father of Jephthah
Judges 11:2
6. A chief of Gad
1 Chronicles 5:14