Gilead (Modern Northwestern Jordan)
This balm-rich hill country east of the Jordan River was divided among Israelite tribes. Roman conquests in the 1st century BCE diminished the name’s use until it blended into Jordan’s landscape in the 20th century. Northwestern Jordan now occupies this biblical region. Hillsides still produce herbs and plants, though the famous “balm of Gilead” has become more metaphorical than medicinal.
