ge.shur is a named place associated with a king, its inhabitants, and Absalom’s period of flight.

The noun proper names a place or territorial community: it is associated with a king and inhabitants, and it is the destination and residence named in accounts of Absalom’s flight. The same name also occurs in a notice concerning villages and in a statement that Geshur remained among Israel.

1. Named place and territorial community · dominant

   The supplied form is tagged Noun · Proper in every occurrence. In 2 Samuel 13:38 the APB renders Absalom as having fled there and remained three years; 2 Samuel 14:23 names it as the place from which Joab brought him to Jerusalem. In Joshua 13:13 the APB renders Geshur as dwelling among Israel, while 1 Chronicles 3:2 identifies Talmai as its king.

   2 Samuel 13:382 Samuel 14:232 Samuel 14:322 Samuel 15:8Joshua 13:131 Chronicles 3:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB consistently presents the term as “Geshur,” naming a destination, place of residence, community, or the realm of a king. These contextual roles come from the clauses in which the proper noun occurs rather than from a separate English definition.