Gilead, e. g. a district little named in the prophets, is twice mentioned in Hosea ( Hosea 6: 8, 12: 11 ) and in such a manner as to suggest that he knew it by personal observation ; and Mizpah ( mentioned in Hosea 5: 1 ) is no doubt the Mizpah in Gilead

He was hard pressed by the predations of Hazael, king of the Arameans, who is said to have defeated his army " throughout all of the territories of Israel " beyond the Jordan river, in the lands of Gilead, Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh ( f ).

The county is divided into eleven townships: Biscoe, Candor, Mount Gilead, Star, Troy.

The story is a continuation of The Gunslinger and follows Roland of Gilead and his quest towards the Dark Tower.

in other places where his genealogy is mentioned, he is listed as a son of Hepher, who was the son of Gilead, and therefore merely a descendant of Manasseh.

The daughters are mentioned a third time, in the Book of Joshua, where they are simply portrayed as being given land in the territory of Manasseh, to which their inheritance entitled them ; the text is unclear in regards to which part of Manasseh's territory they were granted land, except that it wasn't in Gilead.

The narrative continues by stating that Hashem gave Moses a response to give to the elders, namely that the daughters must each marry someone from the Gilead clan, but they are otherwise unrestricted in their choice ; the narrative also states that the general case was to be applied-that inheritances cannot pass between tribes, but instead any female that inherits land is compelled to marry someone from the same clan as her father.

" The word is sometimes interpreted as " stranger ," so that the verse might read " Elijah the stranger from among the strangers in Gilead.

Ramoth-Gilead, ( Hebrew: ; Douay-Rheims: Ramoth Galaad ; meaning " Heights of Gilead "), is a city of refuge east of the Jordan river ; called " Ramoth in Gilead " ( Deuteronomy 4: 43 ; Joshua 20: 8 ; 21: 38 ).

Poe also mentions the Balm of Gilead, a reference to the Book of Jeremiah ( 8: 22 ) in the Bible: " Is there no balm in Gilead ; is there no physician there?

" In that context, the Balm of Gilead is a resin used for medicinal purposes ( suggesting, perhaps, that the narrator needs to be healed after the loss of Lenore ).

Its county seat is Mount Gilead.

The center of population of Ohio is also located east of Mount Gilead.

Morrow County's historic World War I Victory Shaft, unique in the United States, is located in the center of downtown Mount Gilead.

The related Commiphora gileadensis, native to Eastern Mediterranean and particularly the Arabian Peninsula, is the biblically referenced Balm of Gilead, also known as Balsam of Mecca.

Gilead is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.

Gilead is the first town encountered when crossing into Maine from New Hampshire on U. S. Route 2, which is the major road in the town.

Gilead Township is a civil township of Branch County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

Ammon (; ), also referred to as the Ammonites and children of Ammon, was an ancient nation described in the Old Testament to be located east of the Jordan River, Gilead, and the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan .< ref >

The villages of Gilead and Amston are located within Hebron, as are the remnants of two long since abandoned communities, Grayville and Gay City.

Gilead is located at ( 40. 145659 ,-97. 415230 ).

Mount Gilead is located at ( 35. 215793 ,-80. 005252 ).

The Mount Gilead Museum is located in a restored Victorian house near the downtown area.

Mount Gilead, Ohio, the county seat, is located northeast of Cardington on U. S. Route 42.

Mount Gilead is located at ( 40. 552090 ,-82. 831587 ).

In the 1940s and 50s the American scholar Nelson Glueck devoted special attention to the discussion of whether Tell Abu al-Kharaz in the Jordan Valley close to the area where the Wadi el-Yabis ( the River Yabis ) emerges into the plane of the Jordan Valley, or Tell al-Maqlub, located further east along the Wadi Yabis, was the Biblical site of Jabesh Gilead.

Mount Gilead, the county seat of Morrow County, is located southwest of Blooming Grove on State Route 61.

# That Ephraim would return to Lebanon and Gilead, which is located in Western Jordan

Gilead is a region of Gad and Mannessah located east of the Jordan River.

The Kerith Ravine, or the Cherith Ravine is located east of the Jordan River just north of Jabesh Gilead in the mountain regions of Gilead.

It was located in Gilead, and was conquered by Judas Maccabeus.

Although the graves in the church cemetery were not moved, many of the residents and the local Mount Gilead Baptist Church were relocated to the Grove community, located on U. S. Route 60 in adjacent James City County a few miles away, where a number of displaced residents from an area near Lackey known simply as " the Reservation " had earlier relocated under similar circumstances during World War I when what is now the Naval Weapons Station Yorktown was created.

According to Robinson, the fictional town of Gilead ( Gilead means ' hill of testimony ' in the Bible-Genesis 31: 21 ) is based on the real town of Tabor, Iowa, located in the southwest corner of the state and well known for its importance in the abolition movement.

* Gilead, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney

Gilead is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

The house belonged to the McAulay family who played an important role in Mount Gilead business, church, social, and civic life.

The territory occupied by Moab at the period of its greatest extent, before the invasion of the Amorites, divided itself naturally into three distinct and independent portions: The enclosed corner or canton south of the Arnon, ( referred to as " field of Moab ") the more open rolling country north of the Arnon, opposite Jericho, and up to the hills of Gilead ( called the " land of Moab ") and the district below sea level in the tropical depths of the Jordan valley.

Barnett also gives the text of a document from 1769 in the records of the Gilead Lutheran Church " When it had pleased the Almighty and Merciful God in His goodness to plant the Evangelical Lutheran Church in this American part of the world also, and especially in the State of New York, during the reign of Queen Anna, and also in this neighborhood and district called Hosek Road, in Rensselaerwyck, Albany County, then more than twenty years ago, a small body of adherents of the above said Lutheran church, disposed to that end did build and erect a prayer and church House to the Honor of God, and for their convenience, upon that lot of ground which our most worthy Patroon generously gave to promote and perpetuate the service of God and for the better maintenance of our preacher, for which purpose he presented us with a Deed of Gift which We acknowledge with heartfelt thanks towards our Good Lord in Heaven, and that in addition He grants us all hereabouts by His grace that we through the permission of the Government are allowed to carry on our pure Lutheran Church service free and without hindrance.

The Mount Gilead Community Concerts Association ( MGCCA ) is a non-profit organization dedicated to presenting a program of diverse performing arts to the local area.

It was this King who after putting down a local rebellion invaded and occupied the Nabataean towns of Moab and Gilead and imposed a tribute of an unspecified amount.

After the local governments were destroyed due to rebellions similar to the one led by John Farson in Roland's own Gilead, Luddites began defending their city from roving gangs (" harriers ") who pillaged any village they came across.