Atlas Biblica

    name · 1 place and 3 people

    Gilead

    1 place and 3 people in the registry answer to the name Gilead.

    01 — Candidates

    Which Gilead

    Ordered by how often the text names each one, the entities called Gilead before those that answer to it. Where two read the same, the registry says no more than that — the first reference is what separates them.

    1. Gileadplaceholds /places/gilead/

      First named in Genesis 31:21 · 90 verses

      Gilead refers to a mountainous region east of the Jordan River, as well as being a personal name for several individuals in the Old Testament.STEPBible TIPNR

    2. Gileadpersonholds /people/gilead/

      First named in Numbers 26:29 · 9 verses

      Gilead was the son of Machir, grandson of Manasseh, and father of six sons who became the heads of Gileadite clans.STEPBible TIPNR

    3. Gileadperson

      First named in Judges 11:1 · 2 verses

      Gilead was the father of Jephthah, a mighty warrior and judge of Israel who delivered the Israelites from the Ammonites.STEPBible TIPNR

    4. Gileadperson

      First named in 1 Chronicles 5:14 · one verse

      Gilead, a descendant of Manasseh, was the son of Michael and the father of Jaroah, as recorded in the genealogy of the tribe of Gad.STEPBible TIPNR

    02 — Elsewhere

    Every one of them, and the rest

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