2Sa 17:26 Cross References
2 Samuel 17:26
26: Absalom and the Israelite army set up camp in the land of Gilead.
Deuteronomy 3:15
- I gave Gilead to the clan of Makir.
Numbers 32:1
- Now the tribes of Reuben and Gad owned vast numbers of livestock. So when they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideally suited for their flocks and herds,
- they came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the other leaders of the people. They said,
- "Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon--
- the LORD has conquered this whole area for the people of Israel. It is ideally suited for all our flocks and herds.
- If we have found favor with you, please let us have this land as our property instead of giving us land across the Jordan River."
Joshua 17:1
- The next allotment of land was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph's older son. Gilead and Bashan on the east side of the Jordan had already been given to the family of Makir because he was a great warrior. (Makir was Manasseh's oldest son and was the father of Gilead.)