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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