GEDOR:

  • 1. Son of Jehiel, father of Gibeon and ancestor of Saul (I Chron. viii. 31, ix. 37).
  • 2. Son of Penuel (I Chron. iv. 4).
  • 3. Son of Jered (ib. iv. 18).
  • 4. City of Judah (Josh. xv. 58), not far from Hebron. It is now called "Jadur."
  • 5. A place in the possession of the tribe of Simeon (I Chron. iv. 39). The reading of the Septuagint is Γέραρα = "Gerar."
  • 6. Town from which came Jeroham, whose sons were among the mighty men of Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag (I Chron. xii. 7).
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