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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Gileadite

Someone from Gilead, east of the Jordan, or of the clan named after Machir's son. Jephthah is the best known, the judge who beat the Ammonites and made the rash vow about his daughter.

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Someone from Gilead, east of the Jordan, or of the clan named after Machir's son. Jephthah is the best known, the judge who beat the Ammonites and made the rash vow about his daughter.

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Gileadite designates someone from Gilead, the hill country east of the Jordan, and names both a Manassite clan descended from Machir's son Gilead and individuals from that region, most notably Jephthah, the judge who defeated the Ammonites and later fulfilled a rash vow involving his own daughter.

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The word

H1569

Where it appears
  • Numbers 26:29
  • Judges 10:3
  • Judges 11:1
  • Judges 11:40
  • Judges 12:7
  • 2 Samuel 17:27
  • 2 Samuel 19:31
  • 1 Kings 2:7
  • 2 Kings 15:25
  • Ezra 2:61
  • Nehemiah 7:63

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