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Lexicon :: Strong's H1568 - gilʿāḏ

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גִּלְעָד
Transliteration
gilʿāḏ
Pronunciation
ghil-awd'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from גַּלְעֵד (H1567)
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TWOT Reference: 356

Strong’s Definitions

גִּלְעָד Gilʻâd, ghil-awd'; probably from H1567; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites:—Gilead, Gileadite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x

The KJV translates Strong's H1568 in the following manner: Gilead (101x), Ramothgilead (with H7433) (18x), Jabeshgilead (with H3003) (12x), Gileadites (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x
The KJV translates Strong's H1568 in the following manner: Gilead (101x), Ramothgilead (with H7433) (18x), Jabeshgilead (with H3003) (12x), Gileadites (2x).
proper locative noun

  1. Gilead = "rocky region"

    1. a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called 'Mount Gilead' or the 'land of Gilead' or just 'Gilead'. Divided into north and south Gilead

    2. a city (with prefix 'Jabesh')

    3. the people of the region

      proper masculine noun

    4. son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh

    5. father of Jephthah

    6. a Gadite

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גִּלְעָד Gilʻâd, ghil-awd'; probably from H1567; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites:—Gilead, Gileadite.
STRONGS H1568: Abbreviations
† גִּלְעָד proper name, of a location of mountain-range or hill-country, land & city, east of Jordan (compare Arabic جَلْمَدً durus, fortis Frey, so Thes; HiGeschichte. Israel 26 compare same √ used of camel (جَلْمَادً camelus robustus ac firmus, compare HomNS 144), whence camel hump, originally name of mountain) — ג׳ Genesis 37:25 + 79 times (mostly as proper name, masculine and in combination with other proper name, of a location compare below); הַגּ׳ Genesis 31:21 + 50 times (so usually as name of mountain and land); גִּלְעָ֫דָה Numbers 32:39; 1 Chronicles 27:21; הִגְּלְעָ֫דָה 2 Samuel 24:6; — Gilead, used of territory between the Arnon and the Jabbok, modern Belḳa also of that between the Jabbok and the Jarmuk, modern Jebel Ajlûn; also of the entire east Jordan land occupied by Israel, including both the parts just named (compare Di Genesis 31:54 Stu Judges 10:4; BdPal 178; also L. OliphantLand of Gilead, 1880); —
1. territory south of Jabbok,
a. אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ Numbers 32:29 (P), אֶרֶץ ג׳ Numbers 32:1 (JE), both connected with Reuben and Gad; so חֲצִי הַר הַגּ׳ Deuteronomy 3:12; אֶרֶץ ג׳ also 1 Chronicles 5:9 (of Reuben); 1 Kings 4:19 (of Sihon and Og); compare אֶרֶץ גַּד וְג׳ 1 Samuel 13:7; further,
b. הַגּ׳ alone, Judges 10:17 (or possibly here name of city ?), Judges 11:29 (probably); also 1 Chronicles 5:10 (of Reuben) 1 Chronicles 5:16 (of Gad); compare חֲצִי וְעַד יַבֹּק הַגּ׳ Joshua 12:2 (of Sihon), so Joshua 12:5 (both D);
c. similarly ג׳ alone (without article) in poetry Psalm 60:9 (|| Manasseh) = Psalm 108:9; but also in prose in phrases שָׂרֵי ג׳ Judges 10:18, ישְׁבֵי ג׳ Judges 10:18; Judges 11:8, זִקְנֵי ג׳ Judges 11:5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, אַנְשֵׁי ג׳ Judges 12:4 (twice in verse); Judges 12:5; compare also
d. עָרֵי הַגּ׳ Numbers 32:26 (J E; of Reuben and Gad); so of Jephthah's burial-place Judges 12:7; even כָּל־עָרֵי הַגּ׳ Joshua 13:25 (P; of Gad); besides these, or particular cities, especially רָאמֹת בַּגּ׳ Deuteronomy 4:43 (of Gad); compare רָאמוֺת בַּגּ׳ Joshua 20:8 (P), 1 Chronicles 6:65 (of Gad), and רָמֹת בַּגּ׳ Joshua 21:38 (P); usually רָמֹת ג׳ [H7433 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Kings 22:3, 4, 6, 12, 15, 20, 29; 2 Chronicles 18:2, 3, 5, 11, 14, 19, 28; 2 Kings 8:28; 2 Kings 9:1, 4, 14; 2 Chronicles 22:5]; also מִצְמֵּה ג׳ Judges 11:29 (twice in verse); further יַעְזֵיר ג׳ 1 Chronicles 26:31.
2. Northern Gilead,
a. אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ Joshua 17:5, 6 (J E; of Manasseh) compare Judges 10:4; 1 Chronicles 2:22 (both of Jair); הַר הַגּ׳ Genesis 31:21, 23, 25 (E); probably also הַר ג׳ (no article) Songs 4:1 (compare Songs 6:5 below).
b. הַגּ׳ alone Numbers 32:40 (J E; of Machir) Joshua 17:1 (J E; id.) compare Joshua 13:11 (D) Deuteronomy 2:36; 1 Kings 4:13 (of Jair); Deuteronomy 3:15, 16 (boundary of Reuben and Gad); probably also Songs 6:5 (compare Songs 4:1 above); compare יֶתֶר הַגּ׳ Deuteronomy 3:13; & חֲצִי הַגּ׳ Joshua 13:31 (P; of Machir); הַגִּלְעָ֫דָה 2 Samuel 24:6 (probably); compare also
c. ג׳ (no article) probably Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 46:11 (in both reference to צֳרִי balm, probably from the wooded Northern Gilead); similarly Jeremiah 22:6; and גִּלְעָ֫דָה 1 Chronicles 27:21 also Numbers 32:39 (J E; of Machir).
d. in combination יָבֵשׁ ג׳ (city) Judges 21:8, 9, 10, 12, 14; 1 Samuel 11:1, 9 (|| יָבֵשׁ alone) 1 Samuel 31:11 (|| id.) = 1 Chronicles 10:11; 2 Samuel 2:4, 5; 2 Samuel 21:12; perhaps also (מִ)תִּשְׁבֵּה ג׳ 1 Kings 17:1 (emendation, after Greek Version of the LXX, Ew Th and others see VB); — compare further below 6. proper name, masculine below — Judges 7:3 וְיִצְמֹּר מֵהַר הַגּ׳ and let him depart from Mt. Gilead, apparently belongs here, but מֵהַר הַגִּלְבֹּעַ is read by Cler Hi Gr Ke Be; against this compare Stu BuRS 112.
3. more generally, of all Gilead,
a. אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ Joshua 22:9, 13, 15, 32 (P; of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh; opposed to land of Canaan); compare 2 Samuel 17:26; so כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ 2 Kings 10:33.
b. אֶרֶץ ג׳ (no article) Zechariah 10:10; compare הַר אֶפְרַיִם וְג׳ Jeremiah 50:19 (|| Carmel and Bashan); ג׳ alone, also Genesis 37:25; likewise Micah 7:14 (|| Carmel & Bashan, reference to fertility).
c. הַגּ׳ alone, of Israel territory in general east of Jordan, Judges 10:8; compare 2 Samuel 2:9; 2 Kings 10:33 (of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh); כָּל־הַגּ׳ Deuteronomy 3:10; אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ אֶת־הַגּ׳ Deuteronomy 34:1; הַגּ׳ also in general sense Ezekiel 47:18; 2 Kings 15:29 (?) Obadiah 19.
4. ג׳, name of a city Hosea 6:8 (& Judges 10:17 ? compare 1. a. above); — on the ruined cities Jil‘âd, Jil'‘ud on the Jebel Jil‘âd, north of Es-salṭ, and south of Jabboḳ see Di Genesis 31:54 & references
5. אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ of Israelites living east of Jordan (as a whole) Judges 20:1; הַגּ׳ of people of Gilead Amos 1:3, 13; so ג׳ Judges 5:17 (= גַּד), Judges 12:4, 5 (|| אַנְשֵׁי ג׳ Judges 12:4; Judges 12:4; Judges 12:5) Hosea 12:12. compare also גִּלְעָדִי below.
6. treated as proper name, masculine.
a. ג׳, son of Machir & grandson of Manasseh Numbers 26:29 (twice in verse); Numbers 26:30; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:1; Joshua 17:3 (all P) 1 Chronicles 2:21, 23; 1 Chronicles 7:14, 17; once הַגּ׳ Joshua 17:1 (JE) compare Di; — reference in all these to Northern Gilead.
b. father of Jephthah Judges 11:1, 2; — reference to Gad (compare above especially below 5).
c. 1 Chronicles 5:14 (a Gadite).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:21; 31:21; 31:23; 31:25; 31:54; 31:54; 37:25; 37:25

Numbers

26:29; 26:30; 27:1; 32:1; 32:26; 32:29; 32:39; 32:39; 32:40; 36:1

Deuteronomy

2:36; 3:10; 3:12; 3:13; 3:15; 3:16; 4:43; 34:1

Joshua

12:2; 12:5; 13:11; 13:25; 13:31; 17:1; 17:1; 17:3; 17:5; 17:6; 20:8; 21:38; 22:9; 22:13; 22:15; 22:32

Judges

5:17; 7:3; 10:4; 10:4; 10:8; 10:17; 10:17; 10:18; 10:18; 11:1; 11:2; 11:5; 11:7; 11:8; 11:8; 11:9; 11:10; 11:11; 11:29; 11:29; 12:4; 12:4; 12:4; 12:4; 12:5; 12:5; 12:5; 12:7; 20:1; 21:8; 21:9; 21:10; 21:12; 21:14

1 Samuel

11:1; 11:9; 13:7; 31:11

2 Samuel

2:4; 2:5; 2:9; 17:26; 21:12; 24:6; 24:6

1 Kings

4:13; 4:19; 17:1

2 Kings

10:33; 10:33; 15:29

1 Chronicles

2:21; 2:22; 2:23; 5:9; 5:10; 5:14; 5:16; 6:65; 7:14; 7:17; 10:11; 26:31; 27:21; 27:21

Psalms

60:9; 108:9

Song of Songs

4:1; 4:1; 6:5; 6:5

Jeremiah

8:22; 22:6; 46:11; 50:19

Ezekiel

47:18

Hosea

6:8; 12:12

Amos

1:3; 1:13

Obadiah

1:19

Micah

7:14

Zechariah

10:10

H1568

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Strong's Number H1568 matches the Hebrew גִּלְעָד (gilʿāḏ),
which occurs 134 times in 123 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 31:21–Jdg 11:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:21 - He left with all he owned. He quickly crossed the Euphrates River and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - So he took his relatives with him and pursued Jacob for seven days. He caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:25 - Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:25 - When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:29 - The Manassehites: from Machir, the family of the Machirites (now Machir became the father of Gilead); from Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:30 - These were the Gileadites: from Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; from Helek, the family of the Helekites;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:1 - Then the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh of the families of Manasseh, the son Joseph came forward. Now these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:1 - Now the Reubenites and the Gadites possessed a very large number of cattle. When they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideal for cattle,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:26 - Our children, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29 - Moses said to them: "If the Gadites and the Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, each one equipped for battle in the LORD's presence, and you conquer the land, then you must allot them the territory of Gilead as their possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:39 - The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:40 - So Moses gave Gilead to Machir, son of Manasseh, and he lived there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:1 - Then the heads of the family groups of the Gileadites, the descendant of Machir, the descendant of Manasseh, who were from the Josephite families, approached and spoke before Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:36 - From Aroer, which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us - the LORD our God gave them all to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:10 - all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead and Bashan as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:12 - This is the land we brought under our control at that time: The territory extending from Aroer by the Wadi Arnon and half the Gilead hill country with its cities I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:13 - The rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, that is, all Bashan, is called the land of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:15 - I gave Gilead to Machir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:16 - To the Reubenites and Gadites I allocated the territory extending from Gilead as far as Wadi Arnon (the exact middle of the wadi was a boundary) all the way to the Wadi Jabbok, the Ammonite border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:43 - These cities are Bezer, in the desert plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassehites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:1 - Then Moses ascended from the deserts of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. The LORD showed him the whole land - Gilead to Dan,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) - including the city in the middle of the valley and half of Gilead - all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5 - and ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead as far as the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:11 - Their territory also included Gilead, Geshurite and Maacathite territory, all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah -

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:25 - Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half of Ammonite territory as far as Aroer near Rabbah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:31 - Half of Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities in the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were assigned to the descendants of Makir son of Manasseh, to half the descendants of Makir by their clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:1 - The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph's firstborn son, was also allotted land. The descendants of Makir, Manasseh's firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. They were assigned Gilead and Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:3 - Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:5 - Manasseh was allotted ten shares of land, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:6 - for the daughters of Manasseh were assigned land among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8 - Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho they selected Bezer in the desert on the plain belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan belonging to the tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:9 - So the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and headed home to their own land in Gilead, which they acquired by the LORD's command through Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:13 - The Israelites sent Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:15 - They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:32 - Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, and the leaders left the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead and reported back to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:17 - Gilead stayed put beyond the Jordan River. As for Dan - why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards? Asher remained on the seacoast, he stayed by his harbors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:3 - Now, announce to the men, 'Whoever is shaking with fear may turn around and leave Mount Gilead.'" Twenty-two thousand men went home; ten thousand remained.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:4 - He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair - they are in the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:8 - They ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites that eighteenth year - that is, all the Israelites living east of the Jordan in Amorite country in Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:17 - The Ammonites assembled and camped in Gilead; the Israelites gathered together and camped in Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - The leaders of Gilead said to one another, "Who is willing to lead the charge against the Ammonites? He will become the leader of all who live in Gilead!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:1 - Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:2 - Gilead's wife also gave him sons. When his wife's sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him, "You are not going to inherit any of our father's wealth, because you are another woman's son."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5 - When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, "But you hated me and made me leave my father's house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:8 - The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That may be true, but now we pledge to you our loyalty. Come with us and fight with the Ammonites. Then you will become the leader of all who live in Gilead."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9 - Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, "All right! If you take me back to fight with the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, I will be your leader."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:10 - The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The LORD will judge any grievance you have against us, if we do not do as you say."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:11 - So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the LORD in Mizpah.

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