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Geshur

approximate location

Aphek being in the region is per Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992) (Geshur)

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Salecah Salecah Mount Hermon Mount Hermon Maacah MAACAH Kenath Kenath Heshbon Heshbon Hebron Hebron Havvoth-jair HAVVOTH-JAIR Gilead GILEAD Carmel Carmel Bashan BASHAN Aram ARAM Jerusalem Jerusalem Geshur GESHUR 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city mountain known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH MAACAH · ARAM · BASHAN · GILEAD 1 AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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Panorama of hills in Geshur.

Panorama of hills in Geshur.

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COORDINATES 32.7667, 35.7000

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