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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.

Bible References

The geshurites

Joshua 13:2
This is the land that remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all the Geshurites,
2 Samuel 13:37
But Absalom fled and went to King Talmai son of Ammihud of Geshur. And David grieved over his son every day.
2 Samuel 14:23
So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 15:8
For I made this vow when I was living in Geshur in Aram: 'If the Lord really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, I will serve the Lord.'"
1 Chronicles 2:23
(Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

As thou goest

1 Samuel 15:7
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is next to Egypt.
1 Samuel 30:1
On the third day David and his men came to Ziklag. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They attacked Ziklag and burned it.
Exodus 17:14
The Lord said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in Joshua's hearing; for I will surely wipe out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

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