And the king of Yisrael said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilad is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
The son of Geber, in RamothGilad; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Mnasheh, which are in Gilad; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
And it was told the Gazites, saying, Shimshon is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
And on the other side Yarden by Yericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuven, and Ramoth in Gilad out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Mnasheh.
So Yehu the son of Yhoshafat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept RamothGilad, he and all Yisrael, because of Hazael king of Syria.
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.