Strong H1568H1568Lגִּלְעָד

Definition

General definition

In the biblical story

In the Bible

Strong H1568L appears in 12 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

• gilead12

First verses

1. Judges 21:8
   And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the Lord? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh–gilead to the assembly.
2. Judges 21:9
   For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead there.
3. Judges 21:10
   And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
4. Judges 21:12
   And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
5. Judges 21:14
   And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh–gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
6. 1 Samuel 11:1
   Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh–gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
7. 1 Samuel 11:9
   And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh–gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
8. 1 Samuel 31:11
   And when the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
9. 2 Samuel 2:4
   And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh–gilead were they that buried Saul.
10. 2 Samuel 2:5
    And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh–gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
11. 2 Samuel 21:12
    And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh–gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth–shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
12. 1 Chronicles 10:11
    And when all Jabesh–gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

Occurrences by book

• Judges5
• 1 Samuel3
• 2 Samuel3
• 1 Chronicles1

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