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And to the east his limits went as far as the starting point of the waste land, ending at the river Euphrates, because their cattle were increased in number in the land of Gilead.
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And in the days of Saul they made war on the Hagarites, and overcame them; and they put up their tents through all the land east of Gilead.
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And the sons of Gad were living opposite to them, in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:
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Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai and Shaphat in Bashan;
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And their brothers, the men of their family: Michael and Meshullam and Sheba and Jorai and Jacan and Zia and Eber, seven of them.
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These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
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Ahi, the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, head of their families.
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And they were living in Gilead in Bashan, in its small towns and in all the grass-land of Sirion as far as its limits.
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All these were listed under the names of their families, in the time of Jotham, king of Judah, and in the time of Jeroboam, king of Israel.
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There were forty-four thousand, seven hundred and sixty of the sons of Reuben and of the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, all strong men, expert in the use of the body-cover, the sword, and the bow, and in the art of war, all able to take up arms.
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And they went to war against the Hagarites, with Jetur and Naphish and Nodab.