Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Bible References

The geshurites

Joshua 13:2
This is the land that still remains: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
2 Samuel 13:37
But Absalom fled and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
2 Samuel 14:23
And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 15:8
For your servant vowed a vow while I lived at Geshur in Syria, saying, If Jehovah will indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Jehovah.
1 Chronicles 2:23
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and its towns, sixty cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

As thou goest

1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul struck the Amalekites from Havilah, as you come to Shur, which is over across from Egypt.
1 Samuel 30:1
And it happened when David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had invaded the south and Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire.
Exodus 17:14
And Jehovah said to Moses, Write this, a memorial in a book, and set it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heavens.