Gilead 1

approximate location

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000) (Gilead): "centered in the Transjordanian hill country west-northwest of modern Amman and loosely associated with the Jabbok River;" Penuel is northwest of Amman and along the Jabbok

Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Valley of the Arnon VALLEY OF THE ARNON Salecah Salecah Ramoth Ramoth Mizpah Mizpah Mahanaim Mahanaim Jordan Jordan Jazer Jazer Havvoth-jair HAVVOTH-JAIR Bashan BASHAN Aroer Aroer Ammon AMMON Egypt EGYPT Gilead GILEAD 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH BASHAN · JORDAN · AMMON · VALLEY OF THE ARNON AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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Panorama of hills in Gilead 1.

Panorama of hills in Gilead 1.

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ANOTHER PLACE CALLED GILEAD

72 PASSAGES · 21 BOOKS

COORDINATES 32.1870, 35.6921

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