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	Geshur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Geshur was a territory in the northern part of Bashan, adjoining the province of Argob (Deuteronomy iii.
		In the time of David, Geshur was an independent kingdom: David married a daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur (II Sam.
		Geshur is identified with the plateau called to-day "Lejah," in the center of the Hauran.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geshur (223 words)

	Geshur - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		It may not have reached quite to the Jordan on the West; in which case the Geshurites literally dwelt "in the midst" of Israel (Joshua 13:13), since they were not expatriated by the half-tribe of Manasseh, and they retained their independence.
		The only difficulty is that Geshur was an independent kingdom, and there is nothing to show how it was brought under the sway of the son of Saul.
		In the catalogue of land still to be possessed in Joshua 13:2, the King James Version reads "Geshuri," the Revised Version (British and American) "the Geshurites," referring evidently to a district bordering on the Philistines.
	www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T3760 (340 words)

	1 Chronicles 2:23 But Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from
		Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities.
		And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities.
		And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities.
	bible.cc /1_chronicles/2-23.htm (410 words)

	Geshur - BibleWiki
		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
		Geshur was a territory in the northern part of Bashan, adjoining the province of Argob (Deut.
		It was allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh, which settled east of the Jordan; but its inhabitants, the Geshurites, could never be expelled (Josh.
	bible.tmtm.com /wiki/Geshur (264 words)

	Maacah (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		The border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites and all Mt. Hermon were given to the half-tribe of Manasseh (Joshua 13:11).
		It evidently lay between Geshur on the South and Hermon on the North, being probably bounded by Jordan on the West, although no certain indication of boundaries is now possible.
		They would thus be hemmed in by Israel, which accounts for 'Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel" (Joshua 13:13).It is possible that Abel-beth-maacah may have been a colony founded by men from Maacah.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/5625 (357 words)

	Absalom (1) - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		Absalom was born at Hebron (2 Samuel 3:3), and moved at an early age, with the transfer of the capital, to Jerusalem, where he spent most of his life.
		To avoid punishment he now fled to the court of his maternal grandfather in Geshur, where he remained three years, or until David, his father, had relented and condoned the murderous act of his impetuous, plotting son.
		How long a period elapsed between his return from Geshur and his open rebellion against his father David is a question which cannot be answered with any degree of certainty.
	www.searchgodsword.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T97 (1302 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It is now believed the Iron Age Bethsaida was the capital of the kingdom of Geshur.
		Geshur is notable in the Hebrew Bible for its visit by King David, and his subsequent marriage to Ma'achah, the daughter of the king of Geshur.
		The past four seasons of excavations have focused heavily on the Iron Age City Gate complex (one of the biggest and best preserved in the region) and its link to a previously excavated palace.
	www.unomaha.edu /bethsaida/history.htm (597 words)

	1 Chronicles 3:2 The third was Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter
		The third Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, the son of Haggith; (BBE)
		The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: (KJV)
		The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: (WBS)
	bible.cc /1_chronicles/3-2.htm (292 words)

	Amazon.ca: Tamar: Books: Ann Chamberlin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Maacah was a high priestess of the Great Goddess in the kingdom of Geshur, and Tamar, who possesses prophetic powers, was to be her successor; now they find themselves among people who worship one God and forbid the rituals of their old faith.
		Tamar continues to practice the rites demanded of her by the Goddess, whose loving and generous spirit is a far cry from the masculine and avenging God of Jerusalem.
		The author presents a fictional autobiography of the king's stepdaughter, princess of Judah and Geshur and highpriestess of the goddess.
	www.amazon.ca /Tamar-Ann-Chamberlin/dp/0812523709 (647 words)

	Location (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Research revealed that Bethsaida was probably a fortified city known as Zer on the Sea of Galilee and mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
		According to the Bible, David married Maachah, the daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur.
		Absalom, their son, stayed for sometime in the Geshurite city of his grandfather.
	www.unomaha.edu /bethsaida/location.htm (203 words)

	Absalom
		b.c.] Third son of David by his wife Maacah, daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur (2 Sa 3:3).
		To avenge the crime committed by his half brother Amnon against his sister Tamar, he killed Amnon and then fled to his grandfather, Talmai, king of Geshur, to escape possible reprisal from David (ch 13).
		About three years later, by engaging the services of a wise woman from Tekoa, Joab succeeded in obtaining permission for him to return to Jerusalem.
	www.nisbett.com /people/bp-absalom.htm (408 words)

	Light of Life - Bible Study
		Absalom was born to David through his wife Maacha, daughter of Talmai who was the king of Geshur, a small territory between Hermon and Bashan.
		Absalom and Tamar had the same mother who was the daughter of the king of Geshur in Philistia.
		After three years, through the intervention of Joab, David's nephew and his trusted general, He was allowed to return to the city, without being permitted to show his face to the king.
	www.lightoflife.com /light_of_life_persons.htm (1280 words)

	U.S. Catholic Bishops - New American Bible
		When Joshua was old and advanced in years, the LORD said to him: "Though now you are old and advanced in years, a very large part of the land still remains to be conquered.
		However, Moses gave no heritage to the tribe of Levi, since the LORD himself, the God of Israel, is their heritage, as he promised.
		Geshur: not to be confused with the large Aramaean district of the same name in Bashan (Joshua 13:11-13; Deut 3:14); here it is a region to the south of the Philistine country, since 13:2-5 list the unconquered lands along the coast from south to north; cf also 1 Sam 27:8.
	www.usccb.org /nab/bible_hold/joshua/joshua13.htm (798 words)

	2 Samuel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		That’s why Absalom could not flee to a city of refuge, because only people who are guilty of manslaughter could find refuge in these cities to await a proper hearing of their cases.
		We are told that Absalom fled to Geshur and there he found refuge for three years.
		Because Talmai, king of Geshur, was his grandfather by his mother’s side (2Sam 3:3).
	www.glcc-online.com /ttbible/59-4.htm (484 words)

	Clarke's Commentary - 2 Samuel 13
		Absalom flees to Talmai, king of Geshur, where he remains three years, 37, 38.
		Whose name was Tamar] Tamar was the daughter of David and Maacah, daughter of the king of Geshur, and the uterine sister of Absalom.
		Absalom fled] As he had committed wilful murder, he could not avail himself of a city of refuge, and was therefore obliged to leave the land of Israel, and take refuge with Talmai, king of Geshur, his grandfather by his mother's side.
	www.godrules.net /library/clarke/clarke2sam13.htm (811 words)

	Clarke's Commentary - 2 Samuel 15
		He was himself of the blood royal, not only by his father David, but also by his mother Maacah, daughter to Talmai, king of Geshur: and, doubtless, in his own apprehension, of sufficient age, authority, and wisdom, to sustain the weight of government.
		While I abode at Geshur in Syria] Geshur, the country of Talmai, was certainly not in Syria, but lay on the south of Canaan, in or near Edom, as is evident from Judg.
		Hence it is probable that µra Aram, Syria, is a mistake for µda Edom; d daleth and r resh being easily interchangeable.
	www.godrules.net /library/clarke/clarke2sam15.htm (1840 words)

	60. His Son Absalom (Continued)
		But the child of God is to be regulated by far higher and holier principles, and is to subordinate the yearnings of nature to the glory of God by obeying His commandments.
		Some writers are of the opinion that this measure of the king was designed for the humbling of his son, hoping that he would now be brought to see the heinousness of his sin and repent for it.
		The three years he had spent at Geshur and his two years of isolation in Jerusalem had wrought no change in him: his heart was not humbled and his pride was not mortified.
	www.biblebelievers.com /Pink/David/Vol2/david2_60.htm (2467 words)

	Sermon 16 - King David's love of his rebellious children.
		Because he pertained to royalty on both sides of his family, he considered himself superior to the other sons of David, his father; and, in fact, exacted vengeance himself on Amnon, his half-brother, for the act of defiling his sister Tamar.
		He then fled to Geshur and lived there with an uncle for three years.
		David, who loved his children dearly, was very much grieved over this murder and also because he longed for Absalom, who was winsome and dashing, and reminded him in some ways of his own youth.
	www.new-birth.net /sot/sermon16.htm (656 words)

	Alex Metternich
		In the search for this biblical city, researchers have found that the site of Bethsaida, located approximately 2.5 Kilometers north of the present day coast of the sea of Galilee, has a much earlier history than is evidenced by New Testament accounts (Meyers, 1997).
		History's first mention of Geshur is as a city-state, as it appears in the el-Amarna letters, an archive of cuneiform tablets found at Tell el-Amarna, Egypt.
		The letters consist of diplomatic correspondence between two pharaohs, Akhenaten (also known as Amenophis IV, 1352-1338 B.C.E.) and his father Amenophis III (1390-1352 B.C.E.), and the rulers of small states in Palestine and elsewhere that were under Egyptian hegemony.
	www.core.binghamton.edu /~tex/anth17.html (1739 words)

	Index of "M" at Gospelcom Dictionary of Christianity
		Oppression, a small Syrian kingdom near Geshur, east of the Hauran, the district of Batanea (Josh.
		A daughter of Talmai, king of the old native population of Geshur.
		The daughter of Talmai king of Geshur, and mother of Absalom (1 Chronicles 3:2) also called Maacah...
	dictionary.gospelcom.net /?index=m (1356 words)

	Glossary
		The Transjordanian tribes of Israel (Reuben, Gad, the half-tribe of Manasseh) failed to conquer Maacah and Geshur (Josh.
		Maacah and Geshur were evidently absorbed into the expanding Aramean kingdom of Damascus after the time of Solomon.
		5 A princess of Geshur who married David and was the mother of Absalom and Tamar (2 Sam.
	www.bibletexts.com /glossary/maacah.htm (376 words)

	Bethsaida - Archeology in Israel
		The Bible mentions two kings of Geshur, Amihud and his son Talmai (II Samuel 13:37).
		David married Talmai’s daughter, Maachah (II Samuel 3:3), presumably, as was the custom, to strengthen ties between the two states.
		The land that was the stronger would provide the daughter, so this means Geshur may have been stronger than Israel.
	www.jewishmag.com /69mag/bethsaida/bethsaida.htm (2039 words)

	Absalom
		Absalom had a sister named Tamar, and one day his brother Amnon treated Tamar very badly, and after two years Absalom told his servants to kill Amnon because of what he had done to Tamar.
		And after that Absalom fled to Geshur, and was there for three years.
		And after three years David sent a man called Joab to go and get Absalom from Geshur, and Joab brought Absalom back to Jerusalem, but Absalom was sent to his own house and did not see his father the king for two years.
	littlelambsministry.freeservers.com /storyAbsalom.htm (526 words)

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		ABSALOM 2SA 3:3 his second, Kileab the son of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; the third, Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; 2SA 13:22 Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.
		It would be better for me if I were still there!" 'Now then, I want to see the king's face, and if I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death." 2SA 14:33 So Joab went to the king and told him this.
		1CH 3:2 the third, Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; 2CH 11:20 Then he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith.
	www.biblebb.com /files/pniv/ABSALOM.TXT (4332 words)

	BLB 2Sa 15
		2Sa 15:8 — For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
		So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
		So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
	www.blueletterbible.org /tsk_b/2Sa/15/8.html (444 words)

	Absalom - Bible Characters, Bible Quiz
		To his maternal grandfather, the king of Geshur.
		To the same cave in which his father had spoken to Saul, in Geshur.
		To some Ishmaelites who were traveling to Geshur.
	quiz.christiansunite.com /Bible_Characters/Absalom.shtml (237 words)

	Ankerberg Theological Research Institute - Daily Journey Bible Readings
		Maacah who was the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur.
		He slew these people, including the king of Geshur, and apparently took his daughter captive.
		They had a son, and it was this young man who led the rebellion against David.
	www.ankerberg.com /harbor2/daily/05/May27.htm (494 words)

	Absalom Kills Amnon
		Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur.
		After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
		And the spirit of the king longed to go to Absalom, for he was consoled concerning Amnon's death.
	home.comcast.net /~davebowser/bible/david/david46.html (589 words)

	2 Samuel 13 - Amnon, Tamar, and Absalom
		Absalom the son of David had a lovely sister, whose name was Tamar: This brother and sister were the children of David through David's wife named Maacah, who was the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur (2 Samuel 3:3).
		Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur: Absalom did not go to a city of refuge because he was guilty, and the cities of refuge were only meant to protect the
		Absalom fled and went to Geshur: This made sense for Absalom because his mother’s father was the king of Geshur (2 Samuel 3:3.
	www3.calvarychapel.com /ccbcgermany/commentaries/1013.htm (2970 words)

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