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3. It was full of Cities; a place so fertile, that it was full of Inhabitants. •lair the Gileaedit•, who judged Israel, had thirty sons, that rode on thirty Ass-Colts, and they had thirty Cities, ^lwhich are called Haveth-•ai• unto this ⟨p. 310⟩day, which are in the land of Gilead. It was as populous as fructuous; and at once blessed with pregnancy both of fruits for the people, and of people for the fruits. It was before Israel conquered it, in the dominion of the ^mAmorites; and more specially, of Og king of ⁿBashan, that remained of the remnant of the Giants: whose bedstead was a bedstead of iron; nine cubits long, and four cubits broad, after the cubit of a man. It was not only full of strength in it self, but guarded with Cities in the plain. ^oAll the Cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, &c. So the Inheritance of Gad is reckoned by Joshua. ^pTheir coast was lazar, and all the Cities of Gilead. It appears then that Gilead was full of Cities. So blessed, as if the Heavens had made a Covenant of good unto it, as Jacob did erst with Laban upon it. A hill of witness indeed, for it really testified Gods mercy to Israel. God calls it his own. ^qGilead is mine, Manasseh i• mine. The principal or first name of Kingdom, that usurping I••bosheth was by Abner crowned over, was Gilead. ^rAnd he made him King over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, &c.