Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'gilead' occurs 133 times in the standard works.

51 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'gilead' in the standard works and contain 38.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 11:5-11 (7 in 7 verses)

Judg. 10:17-11:2 (5 in 4 verses)

Judg. 12:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 11:29 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 26:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 17:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 21:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 2:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 32:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Sam. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

 2:5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.




1 Kgs. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 132 13 145
Gen. 4 0 4
Num. 10 1 11
Deut. 8 0 8
Josh. 16 0 16
Judg. 29 6 35
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 6 2 8
1 Kgs. 11 1 12
2 Kgs. 7 1 8
1 Chr. 13 0 13
2 Chr. 8 0 8
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 0 1 1
Ps. 2 0 2
Song. 2 0 2
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 1 0 1
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 2 0 2
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 1 0 1
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 133 13 146

2 Sam. 2:4
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

2 Sam. 2:5
And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

2 Sam. 2:9
And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

2 Sam. 17:26
So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

2 Sam. 17:27
And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

2 Sam. 19:31
And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

2 Sam. 21:12
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

2 Sam. 24:6
Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon,