Gilead
19 references
- 1. A region east of the Jordan River allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh Num. 32:1-30; Deut. 3:13; 34:1; 2 Kgs. 10:33
- Reubenites expel the Hagarites from 1 Chr. 5:9,10,18-22
- Ammonites make war against; defeated by Jephthah Judg. 11
- The prophet Elijah a native of 1 Kgs. 17:1
- David retreats to, at the time of Absalom's rebellion 2 Sam. 17:16,22,24
- Pursued into, by Absalom 2 Sam. 17:26
- Absalom defeated and slain in the forests of 2 Sam. 18:9
- Hazael, king of Syria, smites the land of 2 Kgs. 10:32,33; Amos 1:3
- Invaded by Tiglath-pileser, king of Syria 2 Kgs. 15:29
- A grazing country Num. 32:1; 1 Chr. 5:9
- Exported spices, balm, and myrrh Gen. 37:25; Jer. 8:22; 46:11
- FIGURATIVE
- Of prosperity Jer. 22:6; 50:19
- 2. A mountain Judg. 7:3; Song 4:1; 6:5
- Laban overtakes Jacob at Gen. 31:21-25
- 3. A city Hos. 6:8; 12:11
- 4. Grandson of Manasseh Num. 26:29,30; 27:1; 36:1; Josh. 17:1,3; 1 Chr. 2:21,23; 7:14,17
- 5. Father of Jephthah Judg. 11:1,2
- 6. A chief of Gad 1 Chr. 5:14
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.