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1 Chronicles 5 26
So the God of Israel put it into the mind of Pul( that is, Tiglath-pileser) king of Assyria to take the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and Gozan’s river, where they are until today.
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Genesis 30:11
Then Leah said,“ What good fortune!” and she named him Gad.
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Numbers 32:1-42
The Reubenites and Gadites had a very large number of livestock. When they surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, they saw that the region was a good one for livestock.So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community and said:“ The territory of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,which the Lord struck down before the community of Israel, is good land for livestock, and your servants own livestock.”They said,“ If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Don’t make us cross the Jordan.”But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites,“ Should your brothers go to war while you stay here?Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land the Lord has given them?That’s what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.After they went up as far as Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them.So the Lord’s anger burned that day, and He swore an oath:‘ Because they did not follow Me completely, none of the men 20 years old or more who came up from Egypt will see the land I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—none except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, because they did follow the Lord completely.’The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness 40 years until the whole generation that had done what was evil in the Lord’s sight was gone.And here you, a brood of sinners, stand in your fathers’ place adding even more to the Lord’s burning anger against Israel.If you turn back from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will destroy all of them.”Then they approached him and said,“ We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our dependents.But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our dependents will remain in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.We will not return to our homes until each of the Israelites has taken possession of his inheritance.Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance will be across the Jordan to the east.”Moses replied to them,“ If you do this— if you arm yourselves for battle before the Lord,and every one of your armed men crosses the Jordan before the Lord until He has driven His enemies from His presence,and the land is subdued before the Lord— afterward you may return and be free from obligation to the Lord and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the Lord.But if you don’t do this, you will certainly sin against the Lord; be sure your sin will catch up with you.Build cities for your dependents and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”The Gadites and Reubenites answered Moses,“ Your servants will do just as my lord commands.Our little children, wives, livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead,but your servants are equipped for war before the Lord and will go across to the battle as my lord orders.”So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the family leaders of the Israelite tribes.Moses told them,“ If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, every man in battle formation before the Lord, and the land is subdued before you, you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.But if they don’t go across with you in battle formation, they must accept land in Canaan with you.”The Gadites and Reubenites replied,“ What the Lord has spoken to your servants is what we will do.We will cross over in battle formation before the Lord into the land of Canaan, but we will keep our hereditary possession across the Jordan.”So Moses gave them— the Gadites, Reubenites, and half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph— the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land including its cities with the territories surrounding them.The Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and built sheepfolds.The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,as well as Nebo and Baal-meon( whose names were changed), and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled in it.Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages, which he renamed Jair’s Villages.Nobah went and captured Kenath with its villages and called it Nobah after his own name.
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Deuteronomy 33:20-21
He said about Gad: The one who enlarges Gad’s territory will be blessed. He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or even a head.He chose the best part for himself, because a ruler’s portion was assigned there for him. He came with the leaders of the people; he carried out the Lord’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.
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1 Chronicles 3 18-1 Chronicles 3 22
Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.Pedaiah’s sons: Zerubbabel and Shimei. Zerubbabel’s sons: Meshullam and Hananiah, with their sister Shelomith;and five others— Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed.Hananiah’s descendants: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, Arnan, Obadiah, and Shecaniah.The son of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. Shemaiah’s sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat— six.
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1 Chronicles 5 11-1 Chronicles 5 22
The sons of Gad lived next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:Joel the chief, Shapham the second in command, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.Their relatives according to their ancestral houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber— seven.These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz.Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was head of their ancestral houses.They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and throughout the pasturelands of Sharon.All of them were registered in the genealogies during the reigns of Judah’s King Jotham and Israel’s King Jeroboam.The sons of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors who could serve in the army— men who carried shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for war.They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.They received help against these enemies because they cried out to God in battle, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. He granted their request because they trusted in Him.They captured the Hagrites’ livestock— 50,000 of their camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys— as well as 100,000 people.Many of the Hagrites were killed because it was God’s battle. And they lived there in the Hagrites’ place until the exile.
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Judges 10:1-11
After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo became judge and began to deliver Israel. He was from Issachar and lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.Tola judged Israel 23 years and when he died, was buried in Shamir.After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel 22 years.He had 30 sons who rode on 30 donkeys. They had 30 towns in Gilead, which are called Jair’s Villages to this day.When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and the Philistines. They abandoned Yahweh and did not worship Him.So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He sold them to the Philistines and the Ammonites.They shattered and crushed the Israelites that year, and for 18 years they did the same to all the Israelites who were on the other side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites in Gilead.The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim. Israel was greatly oppressed,so they cried out to the Lord, saying,“ We have sinned against You. We have abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”The Lord said to the Israelites,“ When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,
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Joshua 13:8
With the other half of the tribe, the Reubenites and Gadites had received the inheritance Moses gave them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the Lord’s servant had given them:
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Genesis 46:16
Gad’s sons: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
