GILEAD
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; DEU 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 JDG 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; AMO 1:3
Invaded by Tiglath-pileser, king of Syria 2KI 15:29
A grazing country NUM 32:1; 1CH 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 JDG 7:3; So 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; JOS 17:1,3; 1CH 2:21,23; 7:14,17
5. Father of Jephthah JDG 11:1,2
6. A chief of Gad 1CH 5:14
