Gilead (Hosea 6)
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Other places named Gilead: Gilead.
| Type | region and settlement |
|---|---|
| Most likely | another name for Gilead (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 32.187° N, 35.692° E |
| Mentioned in | 1 verse |
| First mention | Hosea 6:8 |
Gilead (Hosea 6) is a region and settlement named in 1 verse of the Bible. It is most likely another name for Gilead (low confidence; 5 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Gilead | low (34%) | 32.187° N, 35.692° E |
| Jel‘ad | very low (14%) | 32.119° N, 35.777° E |
| another name for Jabesh-gilead | very low (6%) | 32.402° N, 35.682° E |
| another name for Ramoth-gilead | very low (6%) | 32.500° N, 36.015° E |
| Khirbet er Rasuni | very low (3%) | 32.131° N, 35.761° E |
| Tell Hejaj | very low (3%) | 32.150° N, 35.692° E |
Verses
Hosea
- Hosea 6:8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.