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Reference: Glieadites, The
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Gli'e-adites, The,
, a branch of the tribe of Manasseh, descended from Gilead.
Gli'e-adites, The,
, a branch of the tribe of Manasseh, descended from Gilead.
The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites. And Machir fathered Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites;
And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty-two years.
And Jephthah called up all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and among the Manassites. And the Gileadites took the fords of Jordan before the Ephraimites. And it happened that when one of those Ephraimites who had escaped said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And he said, No.