Dictionary Summary: Heights of Gilead, a city of refuge on the east of Jordan; called “Ramoth in Gilead” ([Deut. 4:43](/deut#Deut.4.43); [Josh. 20:8](/josh#Josh.20.8); [21:38](/josh#Josh.21.38)). Here Ahab, who joined Jehoshaphat in an endeavour to rescue it from the hands of the king of Syria, was mortally wounded ([1 Kings 22:1-36](/1kgs#1Kgs.22.1)). A similar attempt was afterwards made by Ahaziah and Joram, when the latter was wounded ([2 Kings 8:28](/2kgs#2Kgs.8.28)). In this city Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, was anointed by one of the sons of the prophets (9:1, 4). It has with probability been identified with Reimun, on the northern slope of the Jabbok, about 5 miles west of Jerash or Gerasa, one of the cities of Decapolis. Others identify it with Gerosh, about 25 miles north-east of es-Salt, with which also many have identified it. (See RAMATH-MIZPEH.) ²