Gilead in Easton's Bible Dictionary
hill of testimony, (Gen. 31:21), a mountainous region east
of
Jordan. From its mountainous character it is called
"the mount
of Gilead" (Gen. 31:25). It is called also "the land
of Gilead"
(Num. 32:1), and sometimes simply "Gilead" (Ps.
60:7; Gen.
37:25). It comprised the possessions of the tribes
of Gad and
Reuben and the south part of Manasseh (Deut. 3:13;
Num. 32:40).
It was bounded on the north by Bashan, and on the
south by Moab
and Ammon (Gen. 31:21; Deut. 3:12-17). "Half Gilead"
was
possessed by Sihon, and the other half, separated
from it by the
river Jabbok, by Og, king of Bashan. The deep ravine
of the
river Hieromax (the modern Sheriat el-Mandhur)
separated Bashan
from Gilead, which was about 60 miles in length and
20 in
breadth, extending from near the south end of the
Lake of
Gennesaret to the north end of the Dead Sea. Abarim,
Pisgah,
Nebo, and Peor are its mountains mentioned in
Scripture.
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