Berean Standard Bible
1 Samuel 27:8
8Now 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.)
1 Samuel 27:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now David and his men went up and made raids against the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for these were the inhabitants of the land from of old, as far as Shur, to the land of Egypt.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. For those nations were the inhabitants of the land from of old, as you go to Shur, even as far as the land of Egypt.
Context of 1 Samuel 27:8
6That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah. 7And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months. 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.) 9Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish, 10who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”
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וַיַּ֤עַל דָּוִד֙ וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֛וּ אֶל־הַגְּשׁוּרִ֥י וְהַגִּזְרִ֖י וְהָעֲמָלֵקִ֑י כִּ֣י הֵ֜נָּה יֹשְׁב֤וֹת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם בּוֹאֲךָ֥ שׁ֖וּרָה וְעַד־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
- Now Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- and his menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- went upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- and raidedפָּשַׁטpâshaţ · to stripH6584
- and raidedאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
- the Geshuritesגְּשׁוּרִיgeshûrîy · GeshuriteH1651
- the Girzitesגִּזְרִיgizrîy girzîy · GirziteH1511
- and the Amalekitesעֲמָלֵקִי‛ămâlêqîy · AmalekiteH6003
- Fromכִּיkîy · forH3588
- ancient timesעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: antiquityH5769
- ancient timesבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): towardsH935
- these peopleהֵנָּהhênnâh · they(fem.)H2007
- had inhabitedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- extending to Shurשׁוּרshûr · ShurH7793
- andעַד‛ad · tillH5704
- Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 27:8
- Joshua 13:2This is the land that remains:
- 2 Samuel 13:37Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.
- 2 Samuel 14:23So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 15:8For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
- 1 Chronicles 2:23But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.
- Joshua 16:10But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
- Judges 1:29Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
- 1 Kings 9:15This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
- 1 Samuel 15:7Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 30:1On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
- Exodus 17:14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 27:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The Geshurites bordered upon the Philistines, and lived in the mountainous district which terminates the desert on the northeast (marginal reference). They were a different tribe, or, at least, a different branch of it, from the Geshurites who lived on the northeast border of Bashan, and were Arameans 2 Samuel 15:8. The Gezrites, or Gerzites, may be connected with those who gave their name to Mount Gerizim.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-12Verses 8-12 While David was in the land of the Philistines, he attacked some remains of the devoted nations. The people whom he cut off were long before doomed to destruction. It is often wisdom to shun public notice, but we must in no situation be idle. We must always try to do somewhat in the cause of God. This expedition David hid from Achish. But an equivocation which serves the purpose of a lie, is as like to it as a hypocrite is to a profane person…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites: These groups lived on the edges of the southern desert and caused problems for both the Philistines and Israelites. (For more on the Amalekites, see 1 Samuel 14:48; 15; for more on the Geshurites, see Joshua 13:2, 13; 2 Samuel 3:3.) Shur was somewhere east of Egypt (1 Samuel 15:7; Genesis 16:7; 20:1; 25:18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. David ... went up, and invaded the Geshurites--(See Jos 13:2). and the Gezrites--or the Gerizi [Gesenius], (Jos 12:12), some Arab horde which had once encamped there. and the Amalekites--Part of the district occupied by them lay on the south of the land of Israel (Jud 5:14; 12:15).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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