Gedor

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gē´dor (גּדור, gedhōr, "a wall"; Codex Vaticanus, Γεδδώρ, Geddō̇r, Codex Alexandrinus, Γεδώρ, Gedō̇r):

(1) A town in the mountains or hill country of Judah, named with Halhul and Beth-Zur (Joshua 15:58), identified with Jedar, between Jerusalem and Hebron. It seems to be referred to by Eusebius as Gadeira (Onomasticon, under the word), which he identifies with Gaidora (Jerome calls it Gadora), a village in the borders of Jerusalem, near the terebinth. It is probably represented today by Khirbet Jedūr, about 7 miles North of Hebron (PEF, III, 313, Sh XXI).

(2) A town apparently in Benjamin (1 Chronicles 12:7), the same probably as Geder (Joshua 12:13). Among the Benjamites who joined David at Ziklag were the sons of Jeroham of Gedor (1 Chronicles 12:7). No trace of this name is found in the territory of Benjamin. It may be identical with (1).

(3) The Simeonites are said to have gone to the entering in of Gedor in search of pasture for their flocks. They smote and expelled the Meunim, “and dwelt in their stead” (1 Chronicles 4:39). Here the Septuagint reads Gerar, and this is probably correct. The Gederah of Joshua 15:36, or the well-known Gerar, as the Septuagint read, where the patriarchs of old had sojourned and fed their flocks (Genesis 20:1, Genesis 20:14, Genesis 20:15; Genesis 26:1, Genesis 26:6, Genesis 26:14).

(4) A family in Judah (1 Chronicles 4:4).

(5) An ancestor of Saul (1 Chronicles 8:31).