1 Samuel 27:8

And David and his men went up, and made an attack on all the Gesirites and on the Amalekites: and behold, the land was inhabited, (even the land + 27:8 Th LXX have rendered מעולס ... שוה of old to Shur, by ἀπὸ Γελαμψοὺρ.from Gelampsur) by those who come from the fortified cities even to the land of Egypt.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was four months.

9And he smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive; and they took flocks, and herds, and asses, and camels, and raiment; and they returned and came to Anchus.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:8And Amalec came and fought with Israel in Raphidin.

Numbers 13:29And Amalec dwells in the land toward the south: and the Chettite and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwells in the hill country: and the Chananite dwells by the sea, and by the river Jordan.

Joshua 13:2And this is the land that is left: the borders of the Phylistines, the Gesirite, and the Chananite,

Joshua 16:10And Ephraim did not destroy the Chananite who dwelt in Gazer; and the Chananite dwelt in Ephraim until this day, until Pharao the king of Egypt went up and took it, and burnt it with fire; and the Chananites, and Pherezites, and the dwellers in Gaza they destroyed, and Pharao gave them for a dowry to his daughter.

1 Samuel 15:7And Saul smote Amalec from Evilat to Sur fronting Egypt.

2 Samuel 13:37But Abessalom fled, and went to Tholmi son of Emiud king of Gedsur to the land of Chamaachad: and king David mourned for his son continually.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 27:2-8

David Returns to Gath. ( b. c. 1055.) 1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. 2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man… Read the whole commentary →

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