Geder

Town

Location disputed Khirbet Jedur: about 21 km (13 miles, 110 furlongs) southwest of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Khirbet Jedur Possible
  • Tel Haror Possible
  • Tell Beit Mirsim Less likely
  • Bethlehem Less likely
  • Valley of Elah Less likely

Geder in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 2 Verses

  • Joshua 12:13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
  • 1 Chronicles 27:28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:

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