Quotes about Gilead
because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
— Joshua 17:6
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
— Judges 11:10
So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.
— Joshua 22:9
Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
— 1 Kings 4:13
So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
— Deuteronomy 3:12
Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
— Judges 12:7
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
— Amos 1:13
To Machir I gave Gilead,
— Deuteronomy 3:15
On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.
— Ezekiel 47:18
And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
— Numbers 32:29
Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.
— 1 Kings 4:19
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
— Psalm 108:8