You will be given a trivia clue, and the category it belongs to. You should answer with the best answer that belongs in the category and is described by the clue. For simplicity, answers should be in all lower cased letters.

Q: Category: BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY 
Clue: During Absalom's rebellion, David took refuge in this region that's east of the Jordan & known for its balm

A: gilead
****
Q: Category: WORLD RELIGION 
Clue: The world's largest religious structure, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, was built to honor this preserver deity

A: vishnu
****
Q: Category: AMERICAN THINKERS 
Clue: "I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude", he wrote in a chapter on solitude in an 1854 work

A:
henry david thoreau
****