Gilead
a mountainous district on Ammon, and the Jordan. The district the E. side of the Jordan, bounded by the was given to the tribes of Manasseh, Gad, and tude of their cattle, and as a frontier land which was exposed to invasion. and Reuben, because of the multi- There is mention of Gilead in Gen. xxxvii. tude of their cattle, and as a frontier are three of the cities mentioned in Scripture.
Scripture. are three of the cities mentioned in the river into Caanan, where they were GILGAL (gil'gal), an ancient city near circumcised and held the first Passover after leaving the desert (Joshua iv: 19). the river into Caanan, where they were the Jordan, where the Israelites passed to Shiloh; here Samuel held court as judge of Israel, and here Saul was crowned. It is frequently mentioned in the Bible; a school of the prophets was GILGHIT established here (II Kings iv: 38), yet it afterward became a seat of heathen worship (Amos iv: 4). Josephus places it within 2 miles of Jericho, but no traces of it are at this day extant.