Reference: Gedor
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A city in the mountains of Judah, surrounded by fat pastures, and formerly occupied by the Amalekites, 1Ch 4:39; 12:7; Jos 15:58. It is now called Jedur, and lies about eight miles southwest of Bethlehem. Gedor is also the name of a man, 1Ch 8:31; 9:37.
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They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
Easton
a wall. (1.) A city in the mountains or hill country of Judah (Jos 15:58), identified with Jedar, between Jerusalem and Hebron.
(2.) 1Ch 4:39, the Gederah of Jos 15:36, or the well-known Gerar, as the LXX. read, where the patriarchs of old had sojourned and fed their flocks (Ge 20:1,14-15; 6/1/type/nheb'>26:1,6,14).
(3.) A town apparently in Benjamin (1Ch 12:7), the same probably as Geder (Jos 12:13).
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Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the Negev, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.
Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him. Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you."
There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
Shaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim); fourteen cities with their villages.
They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
Fausets
1. Jos 15:58. A few miles N. of Hebron. Perhaps now Jedur between Bethlehem and Hebron, two miles W. of the road.
2. A town of Benjamin, to which belonged Jeroham, father of Joelah and Zebadiah, who "of Saul's brethren of Benjamite" joined David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:7).
3. Ancestor of Saul (1Ch 8:31; 9:37).
4. Among Judah's posterity (1Ch 4:4,18).
5. See GEDER. (1Ch 4:39.) Simeonite chiefs in Hezekiah's reign "went to the entrance of (rather as Keil, 'westward from') Gedor unto the eastern side of the valley to seek pasture for their flocks," and they dislodged the Hamites "dwelling there of old, and dwelt in their room." On the way between southern Judah and mount Seir. Septuagint reads "Gerar" (but Simeon's dwellings did not extend westward from Gerar, but were all E. of Gerar).
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and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
His wife Yehudiyah bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
Hastings
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and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
His wife Yehudiyah bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
His wife Yehudiyah bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
Morish
Gedor'
1. City in the highlands of Judah. Jos 15:58. Identified with ruins at Jedur, 31 38' N, 35 5' E.
2. Native place of Jehoram, a Benjamite. 1Ch 12:7.
3. Valley in the south of Judah, where the tribe of Simeon found rich pasture. 1Ch 4:39.
4. Son of Jehiel, a Benjamite. 1Ch 8:31; 9:37.
5. Son of Penuel, a descendant of Judah. 1Ch 4:4.
6. Son of Jered, a descendant of Judah. 1Ch 4:18.
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and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
His wife Yehudiyah bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
Smith
Ge'dor
(a wall), a town int he mountainous part of Judah,
a few miles north of Hebron. Robinson discovered a Jedur halfway between Bethlehem and Hebron, about two miles west of the road.