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The inhabitants of Geshur. They maintained friendly relations with the Israelites on the east of Jordan (Joshua 12:5; 13:11,13 ).

Another aboriginal people of Palestine who inhabited the south-west border of the land. Geshuri in Joshua 13:2 should be "the Geshurite," not the Geshurites mentioned in ver. 11,13, but the tribe mentioned in 1 Samuel 27:8 .

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Geshurites'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/g/geshurites.html. 1897.

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