1 Samuel 27:8

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Summary

And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

The geshurites

1 Chronicles 2:23

As thou goest

1 Samuel 15:7

1 Samuel 30:1

Exodus 17:14

Bible References

The geshurites

This is the land that remains:

All the districts of the Philistines and the Geshurites:

Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

For your servant made a vow when I lived in Geshur of Aram, saying: If the Lord really brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.”

But Geshur and Aram captured Jair’s Villages along with Kenath and its villages—60 towns. All these were the sons of Machir father of Gilead.

As thou goest

Then Saul struck down the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is next to Egypt.

David and his men arrived in Ziklag on the third day. The Amalekites had raided the Negev and attacked and burned down Ziklag.

The Lord then said to Moses, “Write this down on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua: I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek under heaven.”