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.
The geshurites
As thou goest
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.