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Gedor
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 3 distinct subjects under Gedor. Jump to one below, or read in order.
A wall.
Gedor (1)
#A city in the mountains or hill country of Judah (Josh. 15:58), identified with Jedar, between Jerusalem and Hebron.
Gedor (2)
#1 Chr. 4:39, the Gederah of Josh. 15:36, or the well-known Gerar, as the LXX. read, where the patriarchs of old had sojourned and fed their flocks (Gen. 20:1, 14, 15; 26:1, 6, 14).
Gedor (3)
#A town apparently in Benjamin (1 Chr. 12:7), the same probably as Geder (Josh. 12:13).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(a wall), a town int he mountainous part of Judah, (Joshua 15:58) a few miles north of Hebron. Robinson discovered a Jedur halfway between Bethlehem and Hebron, about two miles west of the road.
In the Bible
7
Verses where Gedor is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 4:4
Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
- 1 Chronicles 4:18
These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
- 1 Chronicles 4:39
and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.
- 1 Chronicles 8:31
Gedor, Ahio, Zecher,
- 1 Chronicles 9:37
Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.
- 1 Chronicles 12:7
and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.
+1 more verse naming Gedor.
Scripture on Gedor
7
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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