Type: place
It was a region allotted to the tribe of Judah.
Josh 15:41Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah and Makkedah—sixteen towns and their villages.
It was a place occupied by the Philistines.
2 Chr 28:18The Philistines also had raided the towns in the foothills and in the Negev of Judah. They captured Beth Shemesh, Aijalon and Gederoth, as well as Soko, Timnah and Gimzo, with their surrounding villages, and had settled there.