Bible Location
Meaning: wheel; rolling; heap · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
This Gilgal entry refers to a smaller or secondary location bearing the name Gilgal, distinct from the main camp and sanctuary associated with Joshua and Samuel. It is important because it shows that the name could be used for more than one site in the biblical landscape. First appears in 2 Kgs 2:1.1
AI summary: The principal Gilgal is remembered for entry into the land, covenant renewal, and later worship, but this entry reflects a more limited use of the same name. Its small set of references indicates a local place-name rather than the major national site that dominates the better-known narratives. That difference is important because Gilgal can otherwise be assumed to mean the same location in every passage. The cross references therefore present this Gilgal as a secondary place-name distinct from the main Jordan-valley camp.1
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.