(1.) The inhabitants of Geshur. They maintained friendly relations with the Israelites on the east of Jordan (Jos 12:5; 13:11,13).
(2.) Another aboriginal people of Palestine who inhabited the south-west border of the land. Geshuri in Jos 13:2 should be "the Geshurite," not the Geshurites mentioned in ver. 13/11/type/HCSB'>Jos 13:11,13, but the tribe mentioned in 1Sa 27:8.
He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all Bashan up to the Geshurite and Maacathite border, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon, king of Heshbon.
This is the land that remains: All the districts of the Philistines and the Geshurites:
also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah-
also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah-
but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites and Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath live in Israel to this day.
but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites and Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath live in Israel to this day.
David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. From ancient times they had been the inhabitants of the region through Shur as far as the land of Egypt.
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