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1Sa 27:8 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 2948. B.C. 1056.
Entire Verse.		An. Ex. Is. 435.
the Geshurites		Jos 13:2,13; 2Sa 13:37,38; 2Sa 14:23,32; 2Sa 15:8; 1Ch 2:23
Gezrites		or, Gerzites. These people seem to be the Gerrhenians, (2 Mac 13:24) whose chief city, Gerrha, is mentioned by Strabo as lying between Gaza and Pelusium in Egypt.
the Amalekites		Jos 16:10; Jdg 1:29; 1Ki 9:15-17
as thou goest		1Sa 15:7,8; 1Sa 30:1; Exd 17:14-16

Correlating Passages

the Geshurites

	Jos 13:2	This [is] the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
	Jos 13:13	Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
	2Sa 13:37	But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.
	2Sa 13:38	So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
	2Sa 14:23	So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
	2Sa 14:32	And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? [it had been] good for me [to have been] there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be [any] iniquity in me, let him kill me.
	2Sa 15:8	For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
	1Ch 2:23	And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, [even] threescore cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

the Amalekites

	Jos 16:10	And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
	Jdg 1:29	Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
	1Ki 9:15	And this [is] the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
	1Ki 9:16	[For] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it [for] a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
	1Ki 9:17	And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,

as thou goest

	1Sa 15:7	And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah [until] thou comest to Shur, that [is] over against Egypt.
	1Sa 15:8	And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
	1Sa 30:1	And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
	Exd 17:14	And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this [for] a memorial in a book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
	Exd 17:15	And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
	Exd 17:16	For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn [that] the LORD [will have] war with Amalek from generation to generation.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 27:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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