The Definition of the word Geshur

Geshur

Bridge, the name of a district or principality of Syria near "Gilead, between Mount Hermon and the Lake of Tiberias (2 Sam." 15:8; 1 Chr. 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 (2 Sam. 13:37).