Gederoth
Town
Location disputed Khirbet Judraya: about 25 km (15 miles, 130 furlongs) southwest of Jerusalem
Where Scholars Place It
- Khirbet Judraya Less likely
- Tell el Meleiha Less likely
- Khirbet Hamideh Less likely
- Tel Agra Less likely
- Khirbet Jedireh Less likely
Named in 2 Verses
- Joshua 15:41 And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
- 2 Chronicles 28:18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.
