1 Samuel • Chapter 11 (15 verses)
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh –gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all y... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Saul , Samuel , Judah , Ammonites , Jabesh, Gibeah 1 , Bezek 1 , Gilgal 1 .
Biblical Place • Mount Gilboa • 32.510°N, 35.408°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 7:3 (identified with Mount Gilboa ).
2 Samuel • Chapter 2 (32 verses)
And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah ? And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron . So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam th... Mentions: David, Judah , Hebron , Abigail , Saul , Jabesh , Mahanaim , Gilead , Jezreel 2 .
Old Testament • 24 Chapters
2 Samuel (Old Testament, 24 chapters). Key figures: Saul , David , Amalekites , Jacob/Israel , Jonathan , Judah . Key places: Ziklag , Gilboa , Gath , Ashkelon , Hebron , Jabesh . Opens with: "Now it came to pass after the death of Saul , when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites , and David had abode two days in Z..."
Judges • Chapter 21 (25 verses)
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah , saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; And said, O Lord God of Israel , why is t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Benjamin , Canaan , Mizpah 3 , Jabesh , Shiloh , Rimmon 2 .
1 Chronicles • Chapter 10 (14 verses)
Now the Philistines fought against Israel ; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa . And the Philistines followed hard after Saul , and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan , and Abinadab , and Malchi–shua, the sons of ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Saul , Jonathan , Abinadab , David , Gilboa , Jabesh .
Biblical Place • Gilead • 32.043°N, 35.724°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 10:5 (identified with Gilead ).
1 Samuel • Chapter 31 (13 verses)
Now the Philistines fought against Israel : and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa . And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan , and Abinadab , and Malchi–shua, Saul 's sons. An... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Saul, Jonathan , Abinadab , Gilboa , Jordan , Jabesh .
Biblical Place • Ramoth-gilead • 32.565°N, 36.006°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 31:47 (identified with Ramoth-gilead ).
Biblical Place • Gilead • 32.043°N, 35.724°E
region. Referenced in Josh 13:30 .
Biblical Place • Ramoth-gilead • 32.565°N, 36.006°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 13:26 (identified with Ramoth-gilead ).
2 Kings • Chapter 15 (38 verses)
In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem . And he did that which ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Azariah (or Uzziah), Amaziah , Judah , Jotham , Jerusalem, Samaria , Jabesh , Tirzah , Tiphsah 1 .
Judges • Chapter 11 (40 verses)
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. And Gilead 's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou... Mentions: Ammon , Jacob/Israel , Moab , Esau ( Edom ), Manasseh , Gilead, Tob , Mizpah 3 , Egypt .
Judges • Chapter 12 (15 verses)
And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon , and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. And Jephthah said unto them, ... Mentions: Ephraim , Ammon , Jacob/Israel , Zebulun , Abdon , Gilead , Jordan , Elon .
1 Kings • Chapter 17 (24 verses)
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. And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, Get thee hence, and turn th... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Gilead , Cherith , Jordan , Zarephath .
Hosea • Chapter 6 (11 verses)
Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his... Mentions: Ephraim , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Gilead .
Judges • Chapter 20 (48 verses)
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead , unto the Lord in Mizpah . And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel , presented themselves in the assembly ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Dan , Benjamin , Judah , Phinehas , Gilead , Mizpah 3 , Gibeah 1 , Baal .
1 Kings • Chapter 22 (53 verses)
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel . And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel . And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, a... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Jehoshaphat , Judah , Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Amon , Syria , Ramoth 3 , Gilead , Samaria , Jerusalem .
2 Samuel • Chapter 24 (25 verses)
And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel , and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah . For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, David , Judah , Dan , Gad , Jordan , Aroer 1 , Jazer , Gilead .
The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 13 (53 verses)
And Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a mighty host to come into the land of Judah , and destroy it utterly. And he saw that the people trembled and was in great fear; and he went up to Jerusalem , and gathered the people together; and he encouraged them, and said to t... Mentions: Simon , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Judas , Jonathan , Jerusalem , Joppa , Ptolemais , Gilead , Asia .
1 Chronicles • Chapter 7 (40 verses)
Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron , four. And the sons of Tola; Uzzi , and Rephaiah , and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number w... Mentions: Issachar , Uzzi , Rephaiah , David , Michael , Shimron , Bela , Anathoth , Bilhah , Gilead .
Joshua • Chapter 22 (34 verses)
Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh , And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you: Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto thi... Mentions: Joshua , Manasseh , Moses , Reuben , Gad , Jordan , Bashan , Shiloh , Canaan , Gilead .
Numbers • Chapter 32 (42 verses)
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer , and the land of Gilead , that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses , and to E... Mentions: Reuben, Gad, Moses , Eleazar , Jacob/Israel , Jazer , Gilead , Ataroth 1 , Dibon 1 , Nimrah .
Genesis • Chapter 31 (55 verses)
And he heard the words of Laban 's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban , and, behold, it was not toward him as before. And the Lord said unto Jacob... Mentions: Laban, Jacob/Israel, Leah , Isaac , Canaan , Paddan , Gilead , Galeed .
Joshua • Chapter 17 (18 verses)
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh ; for he was the firstborn of Joseph ; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh , the father of Gilead : because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan . There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh b... Mentions: Manasseh, Joseph , Noah , Eleazar , Joshua , Gilead, Bashan , Abiezer , Shechem , Hepher .
Jeremiah • Chapter 8 (22 verses)
At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah , and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem , out of their graves: And they shall spread them before the... Mentions: Judah , Dan , Jerusalem , Zion , Gilead .