1 Samuel 27:8

Easy To Read Version

David and his men went to fight the Amalekites and Geshurites who lived in the area from Telem near Shur all the way to Egypt. David’s men defeated them and took their wealth.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:23

Then Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 14:32

Absalom said to Joab, “I sent a message to you. I asked you to come here. I wanted to send you to the king. I wanted you to ask him why he asked me to come home from Geshur. {I can’t see him, so} it would have been better for me to stay in Geshur. Now let me see the king. If I have sinned, then he can kill me!”

2 Samuel 15:8

I made that promise while I was still living in Geshur, Aram. I said, ‘If the Lord brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.’”

2 Samuel 3:22

Joab and David’s officers came back from battle. They had many valuable things that they had taken from the enemy. David had just let Abner leave in peace. So Abner was not there in Hebron with David.

2 Samuel 3:3

The second son was Kileab. Kileab’s mother was Abigail, the widow [15] of Nabal from Carmel. The third son was Absalom. Absalom’s mother was Maacah daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur.

2 Samuel 8:12

David defeated Aram, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek. David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

1 Chronicles 2:23

But Geshur and Aram took Jair’s villages. Among them was Kenath and the small towns around it. There were 60 small towns in all. All of these towns belonged to the sons of Makir, the father of Gilead.

Exodus 15:22

Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea [99] and into the Shur desert. They traveled for three days in the desert. The people could not find any water.

Exodus 17:8

At Rephidim the Amalekite people came and fought against the people of Israel.

Numbers 13:29

The Amalekite people live in the Negev. [178] The Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites live in the hill country. The Canaanites live near the sea and by the Jordan River.”

Numbers 14:45

The Amalekite people and the Canaanite people living in the hill country came down and attacked the people of Israel. The Amalekites and the Canaanites easily defeated them and chased them all the way to Hormah.

Joshua 12:5

Og ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, and all of the area of Bashan. His land ended where the people of Geshur and Maacah lived. Og also ruled half of the land of Gilead. This land stopped at the land of Sihon, the king of Heshbon.

Joshua 13:13

The people of Israel did not force out the people of Geshur and Maacah. Those people still live among the people of Israel today.

Joshua 13:2

You have not yet taken the land of Geshur or the land of the Philistines.

Judges 1:29

{The same thing happened with the people from the family group of Ephraim.} There were Canaanite people living in Gezer. And the people of Ephraim did not make all of those Canaanite people leave their land. So the Canaanite people continued to live in Gezer with the people of Ephraim.

1 Samuel 29:6

So Achish called David and said, “As sure as the Lord lives, you are loyal to me. I would be pleased to have you serve in my army. Since the day you came to me, I have found nothing wrong in you. Also, the {Philistine} rulers think you are a good man. [213]

1 Samuel 30:1

On the third day, David and his men arrived at Ziklag. They saw that the Amalekites had attacked Ziklag. The Amalekites invaded the Negev area. They attacked Ziklag and burned the city.