Gergesa

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Gergesa
     =Gerasa, identified with the modern Khersa, "over against
     Galilee," close to the lake. This was probably the scene of the
     miracle, Mark 5:1-20, etc. "From the base of the great plateau
     of Bashan, 2,000 feet or more overhead, the ground slopes down
     steeply, in places precipitously, to the shore. And at the foot


     of the declivity a bold spur runs out to the water's edge. By it
     the frantic swine would rush on headlong into the lake and
     perish." Porter's Through Samaria. (See {GADARA}.)