-1. A region east of the Jordan River allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh Numbers 32:1-30; Deuteronomy 3:13; 34:1; II Kings 10:33 .Reubenites expel the Hagarites from I Chronicles 5:9, 10, 18-22 .Ammonites make war against; defeated by Jephthah Judges 11 .The prophet Elijah a native of I Kings 17:1 .David retreats to, at the time of Absalom's rebellion II Samuel 17:16, 22, 24 .Pursued into, by Absalom II Samuel 17:26 .Absalom defeated and slain in the forests of II Samuel 18:9 .Hazael, king of Syria, smites the land of II Kings 10:32, 33; Amos 1:3 .Invaded by Tiglath-pileser, king of Syria II Kings 15:29 .A grazing country Numbers 32:1; I Chronicles 5:9 .Exported spices, balm, and myrrh Genesis 37:25; Jeremiah 8:22; 46:11 -FIGURATIVE .Of prosperity Jeremiah 22:6; 50:19 -2. A mountain Judges 7:3; Song of Solomon 4:1; 6:5 .Laban overtakes Jacob at Genesis 31:21-25 -3. A city Hosea 6:8; 12:11 -4. Grandson of Manasseh Numbers 26:29, 30; 27:1; 36:1; Joshua 17:1, 3; I Chronicles 2:21, 23; 7:14, 17 -5. Father of Jephthah Judges 11:1, 2 -6. A chief of Gad I Chronicles 5:14
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