Gilead; largely so taken for all the land of Israel beyond Jordan, as it is Joshua 22:9 Judges 10:8. The Ashurites, i.e. the tribe of Asher, as the Chaldee Paraphrast and others understand it. Jezreel; a large and rich valley situate in the borders of the tribes of Zebulun, Issachar, and Naphtali, and so put synecedochically for them all. All Israel; except Judah, as it follows.
Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 2:9
2 Samuel 2:9
9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.