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GEDOR

(Heb. gĕḏôr)

(PLACE)


(also GADARA, GEDORA)

1. A town in the Judean hill country (Josh. 15:58). Ancient Gedor is identified with Khirbet Jedur (158115), 16 km. (10 mi.) N of Hebron. Late Bronze Age remains have been found nearby, including a large number of ceramic vessels, a bronze pitchfork, and an Egyptian-style signet ring. Two Benjaminite brothers from Gedor joined David’s forces at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:7[MT 8]).

The genealogical listing of 1 Chronicles personifies the city and its history (1 Chr. 4:4). 1 Chr. 4:18 may preserve a second tradition of how the towns and villages of tribal Judah “descended” from the sons of Judah or may be a reference instead to Gederah. Mention of Gedor in the tribal list of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:39) may be a scribal error in the Hebrew text as the earliest Greek (LXX) manuscripts refer to “Gerar.” Should the reading be “Gedor” in Simeon, the site is otherwise unknown.

2. A city in Gilead and capital of Perea during postexilic times, also referred to as Gedora or Gadara. The city is identified as modern Tell ʿAin-Jedûr (220160) near al-Ahalth in Jordan. The city was taken by the Roman general Vespasian prior to his siege of Jerusalem (Josephus BJ 4.413). Jesus’ ministry “beyond the Jordan” likely included Gedor (Matt. 19:1; Mark 10:1).

David C. Maltsberger







Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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