Nave’s Topical Bible
Gilead
34 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- A region east of the Jordan River allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh
Numbers 32:1-30; Deuteronomy 3:13; Deuteronomy 34:1; 2 Kings 10:33
- Reubenites expel the Hagarites from
- Ammonites make war against; defeated by Jephthah
- The prophet Elijah a native of
- David retreats to, at the time of Absalom's rebellion
- Pursued into, by Absalom
- Absalom defeated and slain in the forests of
- Hazael, king of Syria, smites the land of
- Invaded by Tiglath-pileser, king of Syria
- A grazing country
- Exported spices, balm, and myrrh
- FIGURATIVE
- Of prosperity
- A mountain
Judges 7:3; Song of Songs 4:1; Song of Songs 6:5
- Laban overtakes Jacob at
- A city
- Grandson of Manasseh
Numbers 26:29-30; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:1; Joshua 17:1,3; 1 Chronicles 2:21,23; 1 Chronicles 7:14,17
- Father of Jephthah
- A chief of Gad
Bible verses about “Gilead”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Numbers 32:1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
- Numbers 32:2The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
- Numbers 32:3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
- Numbers 32:4Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
- Numbers 32:5Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
- Numbers 32:6And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
- Numbers 32:7And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them?
- Numbers 32:8Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh–barnea to see the land.
- Numbers 32:9For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them.
- Numbers 32:10And the Lord’s anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
- Numbers 32:11Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
- Numbers 32:12Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.
- Numbers 32:13And the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.
- Numbers 32:14And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.
- Numbers 32:15For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
- Numbers 32:16And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
- Numbers 32:17But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
- Numbers 32:18We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
- Numbers 32:19For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
- Numbers 32:20And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war,
- Numbers 32:21And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
- Numbers 32:22And the land be subdued before the Lord: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.
- Numbers 32:23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.
- Numbers 32:24Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
- Numbers 32:25And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
- Numbers 32:26Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
- Numbers 32:27But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.
- Numbers 32:28So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
- Numbers 32:29And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
- Numbers 32:30But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
- Deuteronomy 3:13And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
- Deuteronomy 34:1And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
- 2 Kings 10:33From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
- 1 Chronicles 5:9And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 5:10And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 5:18The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
- 1 Chronicles 5:19And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
- 1 Chronicles 5:20And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.
- 1 Chronicles 5:21And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 5:22For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.