Transjordanian territories of Israel

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biblical region historical region

The Transjordanian territories of Israel were the ancient Israelite regions located east of the Jordan River, traditionally inhabited by tribes such as Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Transjordanian Israelite territories 1
eastern territories of Israel 1
territory of Reuben 1

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Transjordanian territories of Israel ⓘ
surface form: Transjordanian Israelite territories

Transjordanian territories of Israel ⓘ
surface form: eastern territories of Israel
associatedWithTribe Tribe of Gad ⓘ
Tribe of Reuben ⓘ
half-tribe of Manasseh ⓘ
borderedBy Jordan River ⓘ
conqueredFrom Og king of Bashan ⓘ
Sihon king of the Amorites ⓘ
culturalContext ancient Israelite culture ⓘ
geographicalDescriptor east of the Jordan ⓘ
historicalPeriod Iron Age ⓘ
surface form: Iron Age Levant
languageContext ancient Hebrew ⓘ
locatedEastOf Jordan River ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ
Book of Numbers ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
modernTerritoryOverlap Golan Heights ⓘ
surface form: Israel (Golan Heights area, in part)

Jordan ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
partOf Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ
surface form: Land of Israel (biblical)

Ancient Israel ⓘ
surface form: ancient Israel
preIsraeliteInhabitants Ammonite ⓘ
surface form: Ammonites

Amorites ⓘ
Moabites ⓘ
regionIncludes territory of Gad ⓘ
territory of Reuben ⓘ
territory of half-Manasseh in Bashan ⓘ
religiousSignificance part of the Promised Land in some Jewish traditions ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
subregion Bashan ⓘ
Gilead ⓘ
Mishor (plateau) ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plains of Moab → adjacentTo → Transjordanian territories of Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: territory of Reuben
Transjordanian territories of Israel → alsoKnownAs → Transjordanian territories of Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transjordanian Israelite territories
Transjordanian territories of Israel → alsoKnownAs → Transjordanian territories of Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern territories of Israel
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel → hasPlace → Transjordanian territories of Israel ⓘ