Place
Gilead
Approximate location. The area is clear, but the exact site is not.
The wooded hill country east of the Jordan. The dot marks the region. Laban caught up with Jacob in "the mount of Gilead". Jephthah was chosen as its leader, Absalom's army camped here, and Elijah was "of the inhabitants of Gilead".
Who passed through
In story order. King James Version.
- Laban, Genesis 31:25
Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
- Jacob, Genesis 31:25
Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
- Phinehas, Joshua 22:13
And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
- Jephthah, Judges 11:11
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh.
- Absalom, 2 Samuel 17:26
So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
- Elijah, 1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Place names, references and coordinates: STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), with coordinates from OpenBible.info. Map: Natural Earth (public domain).