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