Geshur

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.