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  • Senator Peter Fitzgerald arranged for Patrick Fitzgerald to become US Attorney and everything changed – corrupt politicos, Democrats and Republicans, were routed. gilead Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » The Truth About Corruption 2008

  • They came to Jabesh-gilead, where they found the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan, placed them in a coffin and recrossed the Jordan.

    Rizpah: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

  • A cycle of violence ensues, resulting in the slaughter of many Benjaminite men, women, and children (20: 35 – 48), the slaughter of most of the inhabitants of the city of Jabesh-gilead (21: 8 – 12), and the kidnapping of young women at Shiloh (21: 15 – 24).

    Concubine of a Levite: Bible. 2009

  • And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the

    The Dor�� Gallery of Bible Illustrations 2008

  • It read only the children of gilead, followed by the same word carved three times:

    The Unquiet John Connolly 2007

  • Simmer beeswax together with balm gilead buds and mix with lard (I believe olive oil would work as well).

    Poor Diet and the Facial Wrinkle Connection 2007

  • In Judges 21, He orders the murder of all the people of Jabesh-gilead, except for the virgin girls who were taken to be forcibly raped and married.

    Think Progress » Ellison To Be Photographed With Koran Owned By Thomas Jefferson 2007

  • It read only the children of gilead, followed by the same word carved three times:

    The Unquiet John Connolly 2007

  • Misspellings of author's name: gilad zuckerman ghi'ad zukermann ghilad zukerman galahad sugarman gilead superman

    languagehat.com: HEBREW OR ISRAELI? 2005

  • So the false prophets of Ahab, who encouraged him to go up unto Ramoth-gilead, foretelling his prosperous success, 1 Kings xxii. 6, seemed only to have complied deceitfully with the inclinations of their master, and to have out-acted his other courtiers in flattery by gilding it with a pretence of prophecy; but when Micaiah came to lay open the mystery of their iniquity, it appeared that a lying spirit, by the permission of

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

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