GILEAD. 1. A region E. of the Jordan allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half tribe of Manasseh, Num. 32:1-30; Deut. 3:13; 34:1; 2 Kin. 10:33. Reubenites expel the Hagarites from, 1 Chr. 5:9,10,18-22. Ammonites make war against; defeated by Jephthah, Judg. 11; Amos 1:13. The prophet Elijah a native of, 1 Kin. 17:1. David retreats to, at the time of Absalom's rebellion, 2 Sam. 17:16,22,24. Pursued into, by Absalom, 2 Sam. 17:26. Absalom defeated and slain in the forests of, 2 Sam. 18:9. Hazael, king of Syria, strikes the land of, 2 Kin. 10:32,33; Amos 1:3. Invaded by Tiglath-pileser, king of Syria, 2 Kin. 15:29. A grazing country, Num. 32:1; 1 Chr. 5:9. Exported spices, balm, and myrrh, Gen. 37:25; Jer. 8:22; 46:11.

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