Like Asher, Gad's geographic details are diverse and divergent, with cities sometimes indicated as being part of Gad, and sometimes as part of other tribes, and with inconsistent boundaries, with "Gilead" sometimes including "Gad" and sometimes not. Furthermore, the Moabite Stone seemingly differentiates between the kingdom of Israel and the tribe of Gad, saying "the men of Gad dwelled in the country of Ataroth from ancient times, and the king of Israel fortified Ataroth", presenting Gad as predating Israel in the lands east of the Jordan. These details seems to indicate that "Gad" was originally a northwards-migrating nomadic tribe, at a time when the other tribes were quite settled in Canaan.