A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Gilgal, Valley of

by George Reynolds

GILGAL, VALLEY OF. A valley mentioned as the locality of several desperate battles in the last Jaredite war. The first of these battles was between the armies of Shared and those of Coriantumr; it lasted three days. The losses on both sides were exceedingly heavy, and ended in a victory for Coriantumr, who pursued the enemy as far as the plains of Heshlon. There, another hotly contested fight took place, in which the tide of fortune turned, and Coriantumr was driven back to the valley of Gilgal. Here, a third conflict ensued, in which Shared was killed and Coriantumr wounded. Nothing is said in the Book of Ether that gives any clue to the locality in which Gilgal was situated.