1 Samuel 27:8
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And David and his men went up, and pillaged Gessuri, and Gerzi, and the Amalecites: for these were of old the inhabitants of the countries, as men go to Sur, even to the land of Egypt.

A.

2948 B.C.

1056 An. Ex. Is

435
the Geshurites

Joshua 13:2,13 To wit, all Galilee, Philistia, and all Gessuri. . . .

2 Samuel 13:37,38 But Absalom fled, and went to Tholomai the son of Ammiud the king of Gessur. And David mourned for his son every day. . . .

2 Samuel 14:23,32 Then Joab arose and went to Gessur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. . . .

2 Samuel 15:8 For thy servant made a vow, when he was in Gessur of Syria, saying: If the Lord shall bring me again into Jerusalem, I will offer sacrifice to the Lord.

1 Chronicles 2:23 And he took Gessur, and Aram the towns of Jair, and Canath, and the villages thereof, threescore cities. All these, the sons of Machir father of Galaad.

Gezrites.

13:24) whose chief city, Gerrha, is mentioned by Strabo as lying between Gaza and Pelusium in Egypt.

the Amalekites

Joshua 16:10 And the children of Ephraim slew not the Chanaanite, who dwelt in Gazer: and the Chanaanite dwelt in the midst of Ephraim until this day, paying tribute.

Judges 1:29 Ephraim also did not slay the Chanaanite that dwelt in Gazer, bnt dwelt with him.

1 Kings 9:15-17 This is the sum of the expenses, which king Solomon offered to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Mello, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Heser, and Mageddo, and Gazer. . . .

as thou goest

1 Samuel 15:7,8 And Saul smote Amalec from Hevila, until thou comest to Sur, which is over against Egypt. . . .

1 Samuel 30:1 Now when David and his men were come to Siceleg on the third day, the Amalecites had made an invasion on the south side upon Siceleg, and had smitten Siceleg, and burnt it with fire,

Exodus 17:14-16 And the Lord said to Moses: Write this for a memorial in a book, and deliver it to the ears of Josue; for I will destroy the memory of Amalec from under heaven. . . .

Context
David and the Philistines
7And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines, was four months. 8And David and his men went up, and pillaged Gessuri, and Gerzi, and the Amalecites: for these were of old the inhabitants of the countries, as men go to Sur, even to the land of Egypt.9And David wasted all the land, and left neither man nor woman alive: and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned and came to Achis.…
Cross References
Exodus 15:22
And Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went forth into the wilderness of Sur: and they marched three days through the wilderness, and found no water.

Exodus 17:8
And Amalec came, and fought against Israel in Raphidim.

Joshua 12:5
Of Gessuri and Machati, and of half Galaad: the borders of Sehon the king of Hesebon.

Joshua 13:2
To wit, all Galilee, Philistia, and all Gessuri.

Joshua 13:13
And the children of Israel would not destroy Gessuri and Machati and they have dwelt in the midst of Israel, until this present day.

1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul smote Amalec from Hevila, until thou comest to Sur, which is over against Egypt.

1 Samuel 15:8
And he took Agag, the king of Amalec, alive: but all the common people he slew with the edge of the sword.

1 Samuel 29:6
Then Achis called David, and said to him: As the Lord liveth, thou art upright and good in my sight: and so is thy going out, and thy coming in with me in the army: and I have not found any evil in thee, since the day that thou camest to me unto this day: but thou pleasest not the lords.

1 Samuel 30:1
Now when David and his men were come to Siceleg on the third day, the Amalecites had made an invasion on the south side upon Siceleg, and had smitten Siceleg, and burnt it with fire,

2 Samuel 3:3
And his second Cheleab of Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel: and the third Absalom the son of Maacha the daughter of Tholmai king of Gessur:

2 Samuel 3:22
Immediately, David's servants and Joab came, after having slain the robbers, with an exceeding great booty. And Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had now sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

2 Samuel 8:12
Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalec, and of the spoils of Adarezer the son of Rohob king of Soba.

Lexicon
Now David
דָּוִד֙ (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

and his men
וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו (wa·’ă·nā·šāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 582: Man, mankind

went up
וַיַּ֤עַל (way·ya·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

and raided
וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֛וּ (way·yip̄·šə·ṭū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6584: To strip off, make a dash, raid

the Geshurites,
הַגְּשׁוּרִ֥י (hag·gə·šū·rî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1651: Geshurites -- inhabitants of Geshur, also a people South of Philistia

the Girzites,
וְהַגִּזְרִ֖י (wə·hag·giz·rî)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1511: Gezrites -- a Grizite

and the Amalekites.
וְהָעֲמָלֵקִ֑י (wə·hā·‘ă·mā·lê·qî)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6003: Amalekites -- descendants of Amalek

(From
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

ancient times
מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם (mê·‘ō·w·lām)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

these people
הֵ֜נָּה (hên·nāh)
Pronoun - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2007: Themselves

had inhabited
יֹשְׁב֤וֹת (yō·šə·ḇō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

the land
הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

extending to Shur
שׁ֖וּרָה (šū·rāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7793: Shur -- a desert region Southwest of Palestine on eastern border of Egypt

and
וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

Egypt.)
מִצְרָֽיִם׃ (miṣ·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa


Additional Translations
Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)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 you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.

And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

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 from Gelampsur) by those who come from the fortified cities even to the land of Egypt.

And David and his men went up and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt.

And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, which were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

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 to the land of Egypt.

David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.

and David goeth up and his men, and they push unto the Geshurite, and the Gerizite, and the Amalekite, (for they are inhabitants of the land from of old), as thou comest in to Shur and unto the land of Egypt,
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