Reference: Geshur
Easton
bridge, the name of a district or principality of Syria near Gilead, between Mount Hermon and the Lake of Tiberias (2Sa 15:8; 1Ch 2:23). The Geshurites probably inhabited the rocky fastness of Argob, the modern Lejah, in the north-east corner of Bashan. In the time of David it was ruled by Talmai, whose daughter he married, and who was the mother of Absalom, who fled to Geshur after the murder of Amnon (2Sa 13:37).
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Fausets
("bridge".) A region N.E. of Bashan, adjoining Argob and Aram, conquered by Jair of Manasseh, but left in the hands of the original inhabitants (Jos 13:13; De 3:14; 2Sa 15:8). "Geshur at Aram" (Hebrew), i.e. bordering on Syria of Damascus (1Ch 2:23). The Geshuri bordering on the Philistines (Jos 13:2), and invaded by David (1Sa 27:8), were distinct from those N.E. of Gilead. Yet there may have been some connection, a portion of the Geshurites possibly passing southwards. At least David in his wandering life formed an alliance with Talmai king of Geshur by marrying Maachah his daughter, by whom he had his handsome but worthless son Absalom and his daughter Tamar.
David's attack on the southern Geshurites, or else his stay near Moab (1 Samuel 22), may have first brought him into connection with Talmai king of the northeastern Geshur (2Sa 3:3; 13:37.) The wild nature of Absalom accords with the wild home and stock from whence he sprang; there he fled after murdering Amnon. Geshur was probably part of the rugged Argob, now Lejah, where amidst those basaltic fastness the Geshurites would be secure from the Israelites in the plains. (See ARGOB.)
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Morish
Geshu'r
A principality on the north-east of Bashan. 2Sa 3:3; 13:37-38; 14:23; 15:8; 1Ch 2:23; 3:2. David married the daughter of the king of Geshur, and she was the mother of Absalom.
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Smith
Ge'shur
(a bridge), a little principality of Syria, northeast of Bashan.
De 3:14; 2Sa 15:8
It ia highly probable that Geshur was a section of the wild and rugged region now called el-Lejah, still a refuge for criminals and outlaws. [ARGOB]
See Argob