...conquered lands and " cities of the plain" being fit for pasturage, were allotted, at their own request, to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh, which abounded in cattle, on the condition of their assisting the other tribes in the conquest of the...

...of Israel, of which Jehu had been proclaimed king, and conquered the countries of Gilead and Bashan, the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, cruelly ravaging all the places which fell into his power, and sparing neither man, woman, nor child,...

...there, as Joshua had ordered them, he commanded the rest of the people to follow, forty thousand of the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, well armed, leading the Vap. When they were all safely arrived on the other side of the river, the...

...kingdom of Israel, and victory marched along with him at the head of his army, 1 Cbron. v. 26. He subdued the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, all the inhabitants of Galilee, and the tribe of Nephthalim, and carried them captives beyond Euphrates...

...said, As the Eternal hath spoken, we will do : 32. We will assist our brethren. 33. Then Moses gave the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, the kingdoms of'Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, Gilead, and the whole country around,...

...land of Gilead, and took possession of all that country, which formerly had been the inheritance of the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, on that side of the river. After that lie took Kabbah of the children of -Aimuon. Polybius calls it...

...hundred thousand Jews. — ' Tilima is three days' journey from Kibar : and ' the people say, they are the tribes of Reuben and ' Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh : who were ' made captives by Salmaneser, king of Assyria. ' They went thither, and built large and...

...refuge ; set up the tabernacle in Shilnh, a city in the lot of Ephraim, near the centre of Canaan. The tribes of Reuben, and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, which had chosen their inheritance on the other side Jordan, but had kindly assisted their brethren...

...place. Part of these Arabian Jews (those of Telmas) were held, on the authority of tradition, to be " the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, who having been led captive by Shalmanezer, king of Ashur, took refuge in these regions, and there...

...Pleased with this news, Joshua gave orders for the army to decamp ; but before he did that, he reminded the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, of the promise they had made Moses to assist their brethren in the conquest of Canaan ; f which they...