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Gilead
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Gilead 1
In Scripture (86 references)
Genesis
Genesis 31:21 So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the moun... Genesis 31:23 He took his relatives with him, and pursued him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain... Genesis 31:25 Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relat... Genesis 37:25 They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelit...
Numbers
Numbers 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. They saw... Numbers 32:26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock shall be there in the cities of Gilead... Numbers 32:29 Moses said to them, “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the J... Numbers 32:39 The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites wh... Numbers 32:40 Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein. Numbers 32:41 Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair.
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 2:36 From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, eve... Deuteronomy 3:10 We took all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, to Salecah and Edrei, cities of... Deuteronomy 3:12 This land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and h... Deuteronomy 3:13 and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh—all ... Deuteronomy 3:15 I gave Gilead to Machir. Deuteronomy 3:16 To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the valley of the Arnon, the middle ... Deuteronomy 4:43 Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadi... Deuteronomy 34:1 Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho....
Joshua
Joshua 12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the ... Joshua 12:5 and ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and th... Joshua 13:11 and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan t... Joshua 13:25 Their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to... Joshua 13:31 Half Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children ... Joshua 17:1 This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the fi... Joshua 17:5 Ten parts fell to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan... Joshua 17:6 because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to ... Joshua 20:8 Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the... Joshua 21:38 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man sla...
and 4 more in Joshua
Judges
Judges 5:17 Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea... Judges 10:3 After him Jair, the Gileadite, arose. He judged Israel twenty-two years. Judges 10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts. They had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth... Judges 10:8 They troubled and oppressed the children of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all ... Judges 10:17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together and encamped in Gilead. The children of Israel ass... Judges 10:18 The people, the princes of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight agai... Judges 11:5 When the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of... Judges 11:7 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Didn’t you hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? W... Judges 11:8 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Therefore we have turned again to you now, that you may go w... Judges 11:9 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me home again to fight with the children of Amm...
and 7 more in Judges
2 Samuel
2 Samuel 2:9 and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and ov... 2 Samuel 17:26 Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead. 2 Samuel 17:27 When David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Mac... 2 Samuel 19:31 Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king, to conduc... 2 Samuel 24:6 then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and around to...
1 Kings
1 Kings 2:7 But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at you... 1 Kings 4:13 Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, belonged to... 1 Kings 4:19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og kin... 1 Kings 17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Isr...
2 Kings
2 Kings 10:33 from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassite... 2 Kings 15:25 Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him and attacked him in Samaria, in the fo... 2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth M...
1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 2:22 Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 1 Chronicles 5:9 and he lived eastward even to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their... 1 Chronicles 5:10 In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in thei... 1 Chronicles 5:16 They lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the pasture lands of Sharon, as far as ... 1 Chronicles 6:80 and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture land... 1 Chronicles 26:31 Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by ... 1 Chronicles 27:21 of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah; of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of ...
Psalms
Song of Solomon
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter o... Jeremiah 22:6 For Yahweh says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are Gilead to me, the head of Lebano... Jeremiah 46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt. You use many medicines in vain. There is... Jeremiah 50:19 I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan. His soul will be sa...
Amos
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