Gilead (disambiguation)

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Gilead could refer to:

• Gilead, the name of three persons and two places in the Bible
• Gilead, a figure in the Book of Mormon
• Balm of Gilead, a healing compound made from the resinous gum of Populus candicans, taking its name from the product now known as balsam of Mecca, whose name is linked with Gilead in the Old Testament
• "There Is A Balm In Gilead", African-American spiritual song

[edit] Places

United States

• Gilead, Indiana
• Gilead, Maine
• Gilead Township, Michigan
• Gilead, Nebraska
• Gilead Township, Morrow County, Ohio
• Mount Gilead, Ohio
• Mount Gilead, North Carolina
• Mount Gilead, Virginia

Australia

• Gilead, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney

Fictional places

• The Republic of Gilead, the setting of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale
• Gilead (novel), by Marilynne Robinson, and the notional Iowa town where the novel is set
• Gil'ead, a city in the kingdom of Alagaësia in Christopher Paolini's novel Eragon
• Gilead, birthplace of Roland Deschain in the The Dark Tower series of novels by Stephen King

[edit] Other uses

• Gilead Sciences, biotech company based in Foster City, California