According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Gad was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel. Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes. The Tribe of Gad was allocated a region to the east of the River Jordan, though the exact location is ambiguous.

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  • According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Gad was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel. Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes. The Tribe of Gad was allocated a region to the east of the River Jordan, though the exact location is ambiguous. Among the cities mentioned by the Bible as having at some point been part of territory of the Tribe of Gad were Ramoth, Jaezer, Aroer, and Dibon, though some of these are marked elsewhere as belonging to Reuben. The location was never secure from invasion and attacks, since to the south it was exposed to the Moabites, and like the other tribes east of the Jordan was exposed on the north and east to Aram-Damascus and later the Assyrians. From after the conquest of the land by Joshua until the formation of the first Kingdom of Israel in c. 1050 BC, the Tribe of Gad was a part of a loose confederation of Israelite tribes. No central government existed, and in times of crisis the people were led by ad hoc leaders known as Judges. With the growth of the threat from Philistine incursions, the Israelite tribes decided to form a strong centralised monarchy to meet the challenge, and the Tribe of Gad joined the new kingdom with Saul as the first king. After the death of Saul, all the tribes other than Judah remained loyal to the House of Saul, but after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son and successor to the throne of Israel, the Tribe of Gad joined the other northern Israelite tribes in making David, who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel. However, on the accession of Rehoboam, David's grandson, in c. 930 BC the northern tribes split from the House of David to reform a Kingdom of Israel as the Northern Kingdom. Gad was a member of the kingdom until the kingdom was conquered by Assyria in c. 723 BC and the population deported. From that time, the Tribe of Gad has been counted as one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.
  • La tribu de Gad est l'une des douze tribus d'Israël. Elle descend de Gad, fils de Jacob. Lors de la conquête du pays de Canaan, la tribu de Gad s'installe à l'est du Jourdain. Gad fait partie des dix tribus du royaume d'Israël au nord du royaume de Juda après le schisme. Ces tribus sont déportées par les Assyriens et disparaissent du récit biblique.
  • Gad è il settimo figlio di Giacobbe, il primo con Zilpa, ancella di Lia. È anche il nome della tribù israelitica che ha come capostipite Gad stesso.
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  • "soldier" or "luck"
  • Gad
  • Gāḏ
  • גָּד
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  • According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Gad was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel. Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes. The Tribe of Gad was allocated a region to the east of the River Jordan, though the exact location is ambiguous.
  • La tribu de Gad est l'une des douze tribus d'Israël. Elle descend de Gad, fils de Jacob. Lors de la conquête du pays de Canaan, la tribu de Gad s'installe à l'est du Jourdain. Gad fait partie des dix tribus du royaume d'Israël au nord du royaume de Juda après le schisme. Ces tribus sont déportées par les Assyriens et disparaissent du récit biblique.
  • Gad è il settimo figlio di Giacobbe, il primo con Zilpa, ancella di Lia. È anche il nome della tribù israelitica che ha come capostipite Gad stesso.
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  • Tribe of Gad
  • Tribu de Gad
  • Gad (tribù)
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