GILEAD

Gilead. Gilead
Hill of testimony, (Gen. 31:21), a mountainous region east of Jordan. From its mountainous character it is called “the mount of Gilead” (Gen. 31:25). It is called also “the land of Gilead” (Num. 32:1), and sometimes simply “Gilead” (Ps. 60:7; Gen. 37:25). It comprised the possessions of the tribes of Gad and Reuben and the south part of Manasseh (Deut. 3:13; Num. 32:40). It was bounded on the north by Bashan, and on the south by Moab and Ammon (Gen. 31:21; Deut. 3:12-17). “Half Gilead” was possessed by Sihon, and the other half, separated from it by the river Jabbok, by Og, king of Bashan. The deep ravine of the river Hieromax (the modern Sheriat el-Mandhur) separated Bashan from Gilead, which was about 60 miles in length and 20 in breadth, extending from near the south end of the Lake of Gennesaret to the north end of the Dead Sea. Abarim, Pisgah, Nebo, and Peor are its mountains mentioned in Scripture.

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Gilead. the heap or mass of testimony

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GILEAD. 1. A region east of the Jordan River allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh Nu 32:1-30; De 3:13; 34:1; 2Ki 10:33
* Reubenites expel the Hagarites from 1Ch 5:9,10,18-22
* Ammonites make war against; defeated by Jephthah Jud 11
* The prophet Elijah a native of 1Ki 17:1
* David retreats to, at the time of Absalom's rebellion 2Sa 17:16,22,24
* Pursued into, by Absalom 2Sa 17:26
* Absalom defeated and slain in the forests of 2Sa 18:9
* Hazael, king of Syria, smites the land of 2Ki 10:32,33; Am 1:3
* Invaded by Tiglath-pileser, king of Syria 2Ki 15:29
* A grazing country Nu 32:1; 1Ch 5:9
* Exported spices, balm, and myrrh Ge 37:25; Jer 8:22; 46:11

→ FIGURATIVE
* Of prosperity Jer 22:6; 50:19

2. A mountain Jud 7:3; So 4:1; 6:5
* Laban overtakes Jacob at Ge 31:21-25

3. A city Ho 6:8; 12:11 4. Grandson of Manasseh Nu 26:29,30; 27:1; 36:1; Jos 17:1,3; 1Ch 2:21,23; 7:14,17 5. Father of Jephthah Jud 11:1,2 6. A chief of Gad 1Ch 5:14

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(1) Land of, east of the Jordan Nu 32:1; Jud 10:4; 1Sa 13:7; 2Sa 17:26; 2Ki 10:33; 1Ch 5:9 (2) Grandson of Manasseh Nu 26:29; 27:1 --Mount of. SEE Mountains,