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 yet remains: All the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
2 Samuel 13:37
David was sad for a long time because Amnon was dead.
2 Samuel 14:23
Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 15:8
When I lived at Geshur in Syria (Aram), I promised Jehovah that if he would take me back to Jerusalem, I would worship him in Hebron.
1 Chronicles 2:23
But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair, as well as Kenath with its surrounding settlements sixty towns. All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.

As thou goest

1 Samuel 15:7
Saul defeated the Amalekites. He fought all the way from Havilah to Shur, east of Egypt.
1 Samuel 30:1
Two days later David and his men came to Ziklag. The Amalekites raided the south country (Negev) including Ziklag. They attacked Ziklag and burned it.
Exodus 17:14
After the fight Jehovah said to Moses: Write an account of this victory and read it to Joshua. I want the Amalekites to be forgotten forever.