Geder

Geder was one of the thirty-one Canaanite city-state kingdoms Joshua defeated in the conquest west of the Jordan (Joshua 12:13). Joshua 12:7-24 catalogs all the kings Israel struck down "from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak which rises toward Seir" — including Hebron, Jerusalem, Ai, Lachish, Eglon, and Debir. Geder appears between Eglon and Hormah in the catalog, suggesting a Shephelah-lowland or western-Negev location. The exact site is uncertain. The name may be related to Gedor, Gederoth, and Gederah — a cluster of similarly-named Shephelah fortified towns whose root means "stone wall."