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Geshur was a territory in the northern part of Bashan
Bashan

Bashan is a biblical place first mentioned in , where it is said that Chedorlaomer and his Confederation "smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim," where Og the monarch of Bashan had his residence....
, in ancient Levant
Levant

The Levant describes, traditionally, the Eastern Mediterranean at large, but can be used as a geographical term that denotes a large area in Western Asia formed by the lands bordering the Eastern shores of the Mediterranean, roughly bounded on the north by the Taurus Mountains, on the south by the Arabian Desert, and on the west by the M...
, adjoining the province of Argob
Argob

Argob , a region located east of the Jordan River, on an island of rock which was approximately 20 miles by 30 miles, and rose 20 or 30 feet above the table-land of Bashan....
  and the kingdom of Aram or Syria. (; ) It was allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh
Tribe of Manasseh

The Tribe of Menasheh was one of the Israelites. Together with the Tribe of Ephraim, Menasheh also formed the House of Joseph. At its height, the territory it occupied spanned the Jordan River, forming two "half-tribes", one on each side; the eastern half-tribe was almost entirely discontinuity with the western half-tribe, only slightly...
, which settled east of the Jordan river
Jordan River

The Jordan River is a river in Southwest Asia which flows into the Dead Sea. It is considered to be one of the world's most sacred rivers. It is 251 kilometers long....
; but its inhabitants, the Geshurites, could not be expelled.

In the time of David
David

David , was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. He is depicted as a righteous king, although not without fault, as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician and poet ....
, Geshur was an independent kingdom
Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which supreme power is absolutely or nominally lodged in an individual, who is the head of state, often for Life tenure or until abdication, and "is wholly set apart from all other members of the state." The person who heads a monarchy is called a monarch....
, and David
David

David , was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. He is depicted as a righteous king, although not without fault, as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician and poet ....
 married a daughter of Talmai
Talmai

Talmai and his brothers Ahiman and Sheshai were Nephilim, three giant sons of Anak whom Caleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron when they went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out and slain ....
, King of Geshur. Her son Absalom
Absalom

Absalom or Avshalom was the third son of David , king of Israel with Maachah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur. He had no sons. describes him as the most handsome man in the kingdom....
 fled, after the murder of his half-brother, to his mother's native country, where he stayed three years.






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Geshur was a territory in the northern part of Bashan
Bashan

Bashan is a biblical place first mentioned in , where it is said that Chedorlaomer and his Confederation "smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim," where Og the monarch of Bashan had his residence....
, in ancient Levant
Levant

The Levant describes, traditionally, the Eastern Mediterranean at large, but can be used as a geographical term that denotes a large area in Western Asia formed by the lands bordering the Eastern shores of the Mediterranean, roughly bounded on the north by the Taurus Mountains, on the south by the Arabian Desert, and on the west by the M...
, adjoining the province of Argob
Argob

Argob , a region located east of the Jordan River, on an island of rock which was approximately 20 miles by 30 miles, and rose 20 or 30 feet above the table-land of Bashan....
  and the kingdom of Aram or Syria. (; ) It was allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh
Tribe of Manasseh

The Tribe of Menasheh was one of the Israelites. Together with the Tribe of Ephraim, Menasheh also formed the House of Joseph. At its height, the territory it occupied spanned the Jordan River, forming two "half-tribes", one on each side; the eastern half-tribe was almost entirely discontinuity with the western half-tribe, only slightly...
, which settled east of the Jordan river
Jordan River

The Jordan River is a river in Southwest Asia which flows into the Dead Sea. It is considered to be one of the world's most sacred rivers. It is 251 kilometers long....
; but its inhabitants, the Geshurites, could not be expelled.

In the time of David
David

David , was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. He is depicted as a righteous king, although not without fault, as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician and poet ....
, Geshur was an independent kingdom
Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which supreme power is absolutely or nominally lodged in an individual, who is the head of state, often for Life tenure or until abdication, and "is wholly set apart from all other members of the state." The person who heads a monarchy is called a monarch....
, and David
David

David , was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. He is depicted as a righteous king, although not without fault, as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician and poet ....
 married a daughter of Talmai
Talmai

Talmai and his brothers Ahiman and Sheshai were Nephilim, three giant sons of Anak whom Caleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron when they went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out and slain ....
, King of Geshur. Her son Absalom
Absalom

Absalom or Avshalom was the third son of David , king of Israel with Maachah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur. He had no sons. describes him as the most handsome man in the kingdom....
 fled, after the murder of his half-brother, to his mother's native country, where he stayed three years. (ib. , )

Geshur is identified with the plateau called today "Lejah," in the center of the Hauran
Hauran

Hauran, also Hawran or Houran, The Hauran is mentioned in the Bible describing the boundary area of the Israelite Kingdom at the time....
.The Geshurites (unrelated to the above) were a people who dwelt in the desert between Arabia and Philistia (Josh. 13:2 [A. V. "Geshuri"]; ; in the latter citation the Geshurites are mentioned together with the Gezer
Gezer

Gezer was a town in ancient History of ancient Israel and Judah. Scholars believe that Gezer is Tel Gezer , a site around midway on the route between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv....
ites and Amalek
Amalek

According to the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles, Amalek was the son of Eliphaz and the grandson of Esau ; the chief of an Edomites tribe ....
ites. Kibbutz Geshur is a kibbutz
Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism....
 in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
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