Gil´ee-uhd
A region in the Transjordan (modern Jordan) from the Arnon to the Yarmuk River, between Bashan and Moab. Southern Gilead (from the Arnon to the Jabbok) was under the control of Sihon, the king of the Amorites in the Mosaic period (thirteenth century BCE). It was assigned to the Israelite tribes of Reuben and Gad in the division of the land, and later corresponded approximately to the kingdoms of the Ammonites, with their capital at Rabbath-ammon (modern Amman), and Moab. Northern Gilead (from the Jabbok to the Yarmuk) was assigned to Manasseh and remained under Israelite control until the Assyrian conquest (721 BCE), although both the Ammonites to the south and the Arameans to the north occupied it at times (
