Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Gilead
Strength
Bible References
Gilead
Joshua 17:1
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh (for he was the first-born of Joseph); for Machir, the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
1 Chronicles 12:19
And some from Manasseh fell to David when he came with the Philistines to battle against Saul. (But they did not help them. For the lords of the Philistines sent him away on advice, saying, He will fall to his master Saul with our heads.)
Strength
Deuteronomy 33:17
His glory is like the first-born of his bull, and his horns are like the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth. And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
1 Samuel 28:2
And David said to Achish, Surely you shall know what your servant can do. And Achish said to David, And I will make you keeper of my head forever.