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GESHUR. 1. District E. of the sources of the Jordan. The inhabitants of, not subdued by the Israelites, Deut. 3:14; Josh. 13:2-13; 1 Chr. 2:23. Inhabitants of one of the villages of, exterminated, and the spoils taken by David, 1 Sam. 27:8. David marries a princess of, 2 Sam. 3:3; 1 Chr. 3:2. Absalom takes refuge in, after the murder of Amnon, 2 Sam. 13:37,38; 15:8.