Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

Bible References

The land

Exodus 23:29
I will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
Deuteronomy 11:23
then the Lord will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than you.
Judges 3:1
Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan;

Borders

Genesis 10:14
and Pathrusim and Casluhim (from which came the Philistines) and Caphtorim.
Genesis 26:1
Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
Joel 3:4
Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense on your head.

Geshuri

Joshua 13:11
and Gilead, and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah;
Joshua 12:5
and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and all Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half of Gilead, as far as the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
1 Samuel 27:8
Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to Shur even as far as the land of Egypt.
2 Samuel 3:3
and his second, Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;
2 Samuel 13:37
Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
2 Samuel 15:8
For your servant vowed a vow while I was living at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the Lord shall indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.’”