Gileadites

People who live in Gilead, a region east of the Jordan river, traditionally the territory of the tribes of Gad, Manasseh, and Reuben.

Key References

Numbers 26:29

These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.

All Scripture References (11)

Numbers (1)
Numbers 26:29

These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.

Judges (4)
Judges 10:3

Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.

Judges 11:1

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.

Judges 11:40

that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

Judges 12:7

Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

2 Samuel (2)
2 Samuel 17:27

When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.

2 Samuel 19:32

Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.

1 Kings (1)
1 Kings 2:7

But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

2 Kings (1)
2 Kings 15:25

Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.

Ezra (1)
Ezra 2:61

And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).

Nehemiah (1)
Nehemiah 7:63

And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).