Geshur (11 Occurrences)

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Joshua 12:5 and ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 13:11 and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah; (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 13:13 Nevertheless the children of Israel didn't drive out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 3:3 and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 13:37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 13:38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 14:23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 14:32 Absalom answered Joab, "Behold, I sent to you, saying,'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me."'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 15:8 For your servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying,'If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 2:23 Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 3:2 the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Thesaurus

Geshur (11 Occurrences)
... In the time of David it was ruled by Talmai, whose daughter he married, and who
was the mother of Absalom, who fled to Geshur after the murder of Amnon (2 ...
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Talmai (6 Occurrences)
... Judges 1:10). (2.) A king of Geshur, to whom Absalom fled after he had put
Amnon to death (2 Samuel 3:3; 13:37). His daughter, Maachah ...
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Maachah (19 Occurrences)
... Oppression, a small Syrian kingdom near Geshur, east of the Hauran, the district
of Batanea (Joshua 13:13; 2 Samuel 10:6, 8; 1 Chronicles 19:7). ...
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Maacah (30 Occurrences)
... ma'-a-ka (ma`akhah; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Mocha; Codex Alexandrinus Maacha):
A small Syrian kingdom adjoining that of Geshur on the western border of ...
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Ammihud (10 Occurrences)
... (2.) Numbers 34:20. (3.) Numbers 34:28. (4.) The father of Talmai, king of Geshur,
to whom Absalom fled after the murder of Amnon (2 Samuel 13:37). ...
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Ab'salom (85 Occurrences)
... 3 and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third,
Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; (See RSV ...
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Kenath (2 Occurrences)
... it his own name (Numbers 32:42). It was recaptured by Geshur and Aram (1
Chronicles 2:23). It is probably identical with the modern ...
/k/kenath.htm - 8k

Geshurites (6 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) The inhabitants of Geshur. They maintained
friendly relations with the Israelites on the east of ...
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Ma'acah (22 Occurrences)
... 3 and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third,
Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; (See RSV ...
/m/ma'acah.htm - 12k

Bridge
... the Revised Version (British and American) GEPHYRUN): Does not occur in the canonical
Scriptures, unless it be indirectly in the proper name Geshur (geshur, 2 ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names

Geshur

Geshuri, sight of the valley; a walled valley

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Geshur

(a bridge), a little principality of Syria, northeast of Bashan. (3:14; 2 Samuel 15:8) It ia highly probable that Geshur was a section of the wild and rugged region now called el-Lejah , still a refuge for criminals and outlaws. [ARGOB]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GESHUR

ge'-shur (geshur, "bridge"): An Aramean kingdom (2 Samuel 15:8) of no great size which lay probably to the South of Maacah, and formed with it the western boundary of the land of Bashan (Deuteronomy 3:14 Joshua 12:5; Joshua 13:11). The territory of these two probably corresponded roughly with modern Jaulan. It may not have reached quite to the Jordan on the West; in which case the Geshurites literally dwelt "in the midst" of Israel (Joshua 13:13), since they were not expatriated by the half-tribe of Manasseh, and they retained their independence. David married Maacah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur, who became the mother of Absalom and Tamar (2 Samuel 3:3). To Talmai Absalom fled for safety after the murder of Amnon (2 Samuel 13:37 f), and thence Joab brought him back to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 14:23). The Geshurites and Aram are said to have taken the cities of Jair-i.e. Havvoth-jair-which lay in the land of Gilead (1 Chronicles 2:23). It is possible that "Geshurites" should be read, with Vulgate, Syriac, etc., instead of "Ashurites" in 2 Samuel 2:9. The only difficulty is that Geshur was an independent kingdom, and there is nothing to show how it was brought under the sway of the son of Saul. In the catalogue of land still to be possessed in Joshua 13:2, the King James Version reads "Geshuri," the Revised Version (British and American) "the Geshurites," referring evidently to a district bordering on the Philistines. Both the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) render the same word by "Geshurites" in 1 Samuel 27:8, where apparently the same territory is indicated as invaded by David. In neither passage is the text above suspicion; in 1 Samuel 27:8 Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus omits the name. No satisfactory explanation has been suggested.

W. Ewing

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Bridge, the name of a district or principality of Syria near Gilead, between Mount Hermon and the Lake of Tiberias (2 Samuel 15:8; 1 Chronicles 2:23). The Geshurites probably inhabited the rocky fastness of Argob, the modern Lejah, in the north-east corner of Bashan. In the time of David it was ruled by Talmai, whose daughter he married, and who was the mother of Absalom, who fled to Geshur after the murder of Amnon (2 Samuel 13:37).

Strong's Hebrew

1650. Geshur -- a territory East of the upper Jordan, also inhab. ...
... << 1649, 1650. Geshur. 1651 >>. a ... inhab. of Geshur. Transliteration: Geshur
Phonetic Spelling: (ghesh-oor') Short Definition: Geshur. ...
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1651. Geshuri -- inhab. of Geshur, also a people South of ...
... Geshuri. 1652 >>. inhab. of Geshur, also a people South of Philistia. Transliteration:
Geshuri Phonetic Spelling: (ghe-shoo-ree') Short Definition: Geshurites. ...
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Subtopics

Geshur

Geshur: Absalom Takes Refuge In, After the Murder of Amnon

Geshur: David Marries a Princess of

Geshur: District East of the Sources of the Jordan River--The Inhabitants of, not Subdued by the Israelites

Geshur: Inhabitants of One of the Villages of, Exterminated, and the Spoils Taken by David

Related Terms

Talmai (6 Occurrences)

Maachah (19 Occurrences)

Maacah (30 Occurrences)

Ammihud (10 Occurrences)

Ab'salom (85 Occurrences)