Geshur

Geshur was a territory in the northern part of Bashan , in ancient Levant , adjoining the province of Argob ( Deuteronomy 3:14 ) and the kingdom of Aram or Syria. ( 2 Samuel 15:8 ; 1 Chronicles 2:23 ) It was allotted to the half- tribe of Manasseh , which settled east of the Jordan river ; but its inhabitants, the Geshurites, could not be expelled. ( Joshua 13:13 ) In the time of David , Geshur was an independent kingdom , and David married Maachah , a daughter of Talmai , king of Geshur. ( 2 Samuel 3:3 , 1 Chronicles 3:2 ) Her son Absalom fled to his mother's native country, after the murder of his half-brother and David's eldest son, Amnon . Absalom stayed there for three years before being rehabilitated by David. (ib. 13:37 , 15:8 ) Geshur is identified with the plateau called today " Lejah ," in the center of the Hauran .

Location of biblical Geshur Geshur was a territory in the northern part of Bashan , in ancient Levant , adjoining the province of Argob ( Deuteronomy 3:14 ) and the kingdom of Aram or Syria. ( 2 Samuel 15:8 ; 1 Chronicles 2:23 ) According to the Bible, it was allotted to the half- tribe of Manasseh , which settled east of the Jordan river , but its inhabitants, the Geshurites, could not be expelled. ( Joshua 13:13 ) In the time of David , Geshur was an independent kingdom , and David married Maachah , a daughter of Talmai , king of Geshur. ( 2 Samuel 3:3 , 1 Chronicles 3:2 ) Her son Absalom fled to his mother's native country, after the murder of his half-brother and David's eldest son, Amnon . Absalom stayed there for three years before being rehabilitated by David. (ib. 13:37 , 15:8 ) Geshur is identified with the plateau called today " Lejah ," in the center of the Hauran . According to Israeli archaeologists, Geshur lay east of the Sea of Galilee , in what is now the southern Golan Heights .

Location of biblical Geshur (top right area, east of the Sea of Galilee) Geshur was a territory in the ancient Levant mentioned in the early books of the Hebrew Bible and possibly in several other ancient sources, located in the region of the modern-day Golan Heights . Some scholars suggest it was established as an independent city-state from the middle of the tenth century BCE, maintained its autonomy for about a century until it was annexed in the third quarter of the ninth century by Hazael , the king of Aram . The monarchy resided in a city whose remains are known in Arabic as et-Tell , ruling over a small number of villages in the Golan Heights and along the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee . Et-Tell was also settled in the first century CE and is a candidate for the New Testament 's town of Bethsaida .

Place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible For the Israeli settlement, see Geshur, Golan Heights . Location of biblical Geshur (top right area, east of the Sea of Galilee) Geshur ( ) was a territory in the ancient Levant mentioned in the early books of the Hebrew Bible and possibly in several other ancient sources, located in the region of the modern-day Golan Heights . Some scholars suggest it was established as an independent city-state from the middle of the tenth century BCE, maintaining its autonomy for about a century until it was annexed in the third quarter of the ninth century by Hazael , the king of Aram-Damascus .