Biblical place

Where was Geshur?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Fiq.

First appears in Joshua 12:5 · 3 books · 8 chapters

Overview

Bridge, the name of a district or principality of Syria near Gilead, between Mount Hermon and the Lake of Tiberias (2 Sam. 15:8; 1 Chr. 2:23). Modern identification: Fiq.

Geshur is represented in the local geography layer as Fiq. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 12:5 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 11 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Galilee

About 16 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 34 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 38 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 72 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 100 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Geshur today

Travel to Geshur, the modern-day Fiq.

Geshur is commonly identified with Fiq, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Geshur is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Fiq

Geshur

32.767°N · 35.700°E

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