GILEAD, 1. A region east of the Jordan River allotted to the tribes of
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, GILEAD, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.