Gedera

Gedera, or Gdera is a city within the Central District of Israel founded in 1884. It is placed thirteen kilometres south of Rehovot. Gedera is in the Book of Chronicles 4:23 and the Book of Joshua 15:36 as a metropolis in the territory of Judah. Its identification with the website online of present day Gedera changed into proposed by way of Victor Guerin within the nineteenth century, but became dismissed as "not possible" through William F. Albright who desired to pick out it with al-Judeira. Biblical Gedera is now identified with Khirbet Judraya, 1 km south of Bayt Nattif. Tel Qatra, which lies on the northern edge of Gedera, is commonly diagnosed with Kedron, an area fortified through the Seleucids against the Hasmonaeans.

It has additionally been identified with Gedrus, a large village in the time of Eusebius fourth century. Eusebius diagnosed Gedrus with biblical Gedor, that's a name also acting on the Madaba map, but numerous other websites for Gedor had been proposed. The major agricultural branches of Gedera in its early years had been grapes and grains. Citrus and different discipline plants have been delivered later. Gedera's function close to the huge south-significant cities of Israel Rehovot, Ashdod and Kiryat Gat, low expenses for private homes and the reality that it's miles a inexperienced and quiet metropolis but it's miles in the valuable district near Tel Aviv and Jerusalem make it appealing to Israelis.