Topic
Geshur
15 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 3:14Smith · ISBE · Nave District east of the sources of the Jordan River. The inhabitants of, not subdued by the Israelites
Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day.
- 2 Samuel 15:8Easton · Smith · ISBE
For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 2:23Easton · ISBE · Nave District east of the sources of the Jordan River. The inhabitants of, not subdued by the Israelites
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
- 1 Samuel 27:8ISBE · Nave Inhabitants of one of the villages of, exterminated, and the spoils taken by David
¶ And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
- 2 Samuel 3:3ISBE · Nave David marries a princess of
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;
- 2 Samuel 13:37Easton · ISBE
¶ But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
- Joshua 12:5ISBE
And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
- Joshua 13:2ISBE
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
- Joshua 13:2–13Nave District east of the sources of the Jordan River. The inhabitants of, not subdued by the Israelites
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the…
- Joshua 13:11ISBE
And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
- Joshua 13:13ISBE
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
- 2 Samuel 1:3Nave Absalom takes refuge in, after the murder of Amnon
And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
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- 2 Samuel 2:9 ISBE
- 2 Samuel 14:23 ISBE
- 1 Chronicles 3:2 Nave David marries a princess of
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Bridge, the name of a district or principality of Syria near Gilead, between Mount Hermon and the Lake of Tiberias (2 Sam. 15:8; 1 Chr. 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 Sam. 13:37).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 2 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 13 references
ge'-shur (geshur, "bridge"): An Aramean kingdom (2Sa 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 (De 3:14; Jos 12:5; 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 (Jos 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 (2Sa 3:3). To Talmai Absalom fled for safety after the murder of Amnon (2Sa 13:37 f), and thence Joab brought him back to Jerusalem (2Sa 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 (1Ch 2:23). It is possible that "Geshurites" should be read, with Vulgate, Syriac, etc., instead of "Ashurites" in 2Sa 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 Jos 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 1Sa 27:8, where apparently the same territory is indicated as invaded by David. In neither passage is the text above suspicion; in 1Sa 27:8 Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus omits the name. No satisfactory explanation has been suggested.
W. Ewing
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 7 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → District east of the sources of the Jordan River. The inhabitants of, not subdued by the Israelites De 3:14; Jos 13:2-13; 1Ch 2:23
- → Inhabitants of one of the villages of, exterminated, and the spoils taken by David 1Sa 27:8
- → David marries a princess of 2Sa 3:3; 1Ch 3:2
- → Absalom takes refuge in, after the murder of Amnon 2Sa 1:3
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.