GAD  , in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible . 1 . A See also:

• PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

prophet or rather a " seer " (cp . I Sam. ix . 9), who was a See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion of See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David from his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early days . He is first mentioned in I Sam. xxii . 5 as having warned David to take See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in See also:

• JUDAH

Judah, and appears again in 2 Sam. See also:

• XXIV

xxiv . 11 seq. to make known Yahweh's displeasure at the numbering of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . Together with Nathan he is represented in See also:

• POST

post-exilic tradition as assisting to organize the musical service of the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple (2 Chron. See also:

• XXIX

xxix . 25), and like Nathan and See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel he is said to have written an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of David's deeds (1 Chron. xxix . 29); a See also:

• HISTORY

history of David in accordance with later tradition and upon the lines of later prophetic ideas is far from improbable . 2 .

Son of See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob, by Zilpah, Leah's maid; a tribe of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel (Gen. See also:

• XXX

xxx . II) . The name is that of the See also:

• GOD

god of " See also:

• LUCK

luck " Or See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, mentioned in Isa. lxv. ii (R.V. See also:

• ING

ing.), and in several names of places, e.g . See also:

• BAAL

Baal-Gad (josh. xi . 17, xii . 7), and possibly also in Dibon-Gad, Migdol-Gad and Nahal-Gad.' There is another See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology in Gen. xlix . 19, where the name is played on: " Gad, a plundering See also:

• TROOP (an adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. Lat. truppus; the origin is doubtful; suggestions have been made that it represents a German conception of Latin turba, crowd, or is an adaptation of Norw. tarp, flock)

troop,(geds2d)shall See also:

• PLUNDER

plunder him (yegudennu), but he shall plunder at their heels." There are no traditions of the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal history of Gad . One of the earliest references to the name is the statement on the inscription of Mesha, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• MOAB

Moab (about 85o B.C.), that the " men of Gad " had occupied Ataroth (E. of Dead See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea) from of old, and that the king of Israel had fortified the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . This is in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district ascribed to See also:

• REUBEN

Reuben, with which tribe the fortunes of Gad were very closely connected . In See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

Numbers xxxii.' 34 sgq.,,the cities of Gad appear to See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie chiefly to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of Heshbon; in See also:

• JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua xiii . 24-28 they lie almost wholly to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north; while other texts See also:

• PRESENT

present discrepancies which are not easily reconciled with either passage . Possibly some cities were See also:

• COMMON

common to both Reuben and Gad, and perhaps others more than once changed hands .

That Gad, at one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time at least, held territory as far south as Pisgah and See also:

• NEBO, or NABU (" the proclaimer ")

Nebo would follow from Deut. xxxiii . 2I, if the rendering of the Targums be accepted, " and he looked out the first See also:

• PART

part for himself, because there was the portion of the buried See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law-giver." It is certain, however, that, at a See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, this tribe was localized chiefly in See also:

• GILEAD (i.e. " hard " or " rugged," a name sometimes used, both in earlier and in later writers, to denote the whole of the territory occupied by the Israelites eastward of Jordan, extending from the Arnon to the southern base of Hermon (Dent. xxxiv. 1; J

Gilead, in the district which now goes by the name of See also:

• JEBEL (plur. jibed)

Jebel Jil`ad . The traditions encircling this district point, it would seem, to the tribe having been of Aramaean origin (see the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of Jacob) ; at all events its position was extremely exposed, and its See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population at the best must have been a mixed one . Its richness and fertility made it aprey to the marauding nomads of the See also:

• DESERT

desert; but the allusion in the Blessing of Jacob gives the tribe a See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character for bravery, and David's men of Gad (i Chron. xii . 8) were famous in tradition . Although rarely mentioned by name (the See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical See also:

• TERM

term Gilead is usual), the history of Gad enters into the lives of See also:

• JEPHTHAH

Jephthah and See also:

• SAUL (Heb. shd'ul, " asked ")

Saul, and in the See also:

• WARS

wars of See also:

• AMMON
• AMMON, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1766—185o)

Ammon and Moab it must have played some part . It followed ' See G . B . See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

Gray, Heb . Proper Names, pp. r34 seq., 145.See also:

• JEROBOAM (Heb. ydrob`dm, apparently " Am ['the clan,' here perhaps a divine name] contends "; LXX. iepof3oaµ)

jeroboam in the See also:

• GREAT

great revolt against the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of David, and its later fortunes until 734 B.C . (i Chron. v . 26) would be those of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom .

See, for a See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical discussion of the data, H . W . See also:

• HOGG, JAMES (1770-1835)
• HOGG, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1792–1862)

Hogg, Ency . Bib . Cols . 1579 sqq.; also GILEAD; See also:

• MANASSEH (7th cent. B.C.)
• MANASSEH (apparently Hebrew for " he who causes to for-get," but see H. W. Hogg, Encyc. Bib., s.v.); in the Bible, a tribe of Israel, the elder but less important of the "sons" of Joseph. Its seat lay to the north of Ephraim, but its boundaries can scarce

MANASSEH; REUBEN .