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# Gilead
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## Definition
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Gilead is the name of a mountainous region east of the Jordan river, where the Israelite tribes of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh lived.
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* The "hill country of Gilead" or "Mount Gilead" are ways that this region is referred to because of the hilly nature of its terrain.
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* "Gilead" was also the name of several men in the Old Testament. One of these men was the grandson of Manasseh.
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