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Gilead in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(rocky region). 1. A mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon. Ge 31:21; De 3:12-17 It is sometimes called "Mount Gilead," Ge 31:25 sometimes "the land of Gilead," Nu 32:1 and sometimes simply "Gilead." Ps 60:7; Ge 37:25 The name Gilead...

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Gilead Scripture - Joshua 22:9

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses....

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Gilgal in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(a wheel; rolling). 1. The site of the first camp of the Israelites on the west of the Jordan, the place at which they passed the first night after crossing the river, and where the twelve stones were set up which had been taken from the bed of the stream, Jos 4:19,20 comp. Josh 4:3 where also they kept the first passover in the land of Cana...

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Gilgal Scripture - 2 Samuel 19:40

Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel....

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Golgotha in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(skull), the Hebrew name of the spot at which our Lord was crucified. Mt 27:33; Mr 15:22; Joh 19:17 By these three evangelists it is interpreted to mean the "place of a skull." Two explanations of the name are given: (1) that it was a spot where executions ordinarily took place, and therefore abounded in skulls; or(2) it may come from the look...

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Gomorrah in Naves Topical Bible

One of the "cities of the plain," Ge 10:19; 13:10 -Its king defeated by Chedorlaomer Ge 14:2,8-11 -Wickedness of Ge 18:20 -Destroyed Ge 19:24-28; De 29:23; 32:32; Isa 1:9,10; 13:19; Jer 23:14; 49:18; 50:40; Am 4:11; Zep 2:9; Mt 10:15; Mr 6:11; Ro 9:29; 2Pe 2:6; Jude 1:7...

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Gomorrah Scripture - Deuteronomy 32:32

For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes [are] grapes of gall, their clusters [are] bitter:...

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Goshen in Naves Topical Bible

1. A district in Egypt especially suitable for herds and flocks Israelites dwelt in Ge 45:10; 46:28; 47 Exempted from plagues Ex 8:22; 9:26 -2. A town and district of the tribe of Judah Jos 10:41; 11:16; 15:51...

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Gilead Scripture - Joshua 13:31

And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, [were pertaining] unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, [even] to the one half of the children of Machir by their families....

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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 M...

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