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Not used strictly for the descendants of one man. Num. 26: 29 refers to the descendants of Manasseh (No. 1, above) and Judges 11: 1, 40;
Judges 12: 7 to No. 2. We also read of Jair a Gileadite, Judges 10: 3;
and Barzillai, 2 Sam. 17: 27; 2 Sam. 19: 31; 1 Kings 2: 7; Ezra 2: 61; Neh. 7: 63. The Ephraimites accused the Gileadites and Jephthah with being fugitives from them, but they were severely punished for their arrogance. Judges 12: 4-6. Pekah when he revolted against Pekahiah slew fifty men of the Gileadites. 2 Kings 15: 25.