Geshur

For the Israeli settlement, see Geshur, Golan Heights. For the village in Iran, see Geshur, Iran.
Location of biblical Geshur (top right area, east of the Sea of Galilee)

Geshur (Biblical Hebrew: גְּשׁוּר, romanized: Gəšūr)[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ "2 Samuel 3:3". www.academic-bible.com.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NegevGibson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Na'aman, Nadav (2012). "The Kingdom of Geshur in History and Memory". Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament. 26 (1): 92. doi:10.1080/09018328.2012.704198. S2CID 73603495.