1 Samuel 27:9

Contextual Overview

⁸David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. From ancient times they had been the inhabitants of the region through Shur as far as the land of Egypt. ⁸ David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshuri, and the Gizri, and the `Amaleki; for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Mitzrayim. 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. ⁸ Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites, for they had been living in the land for a long time in the direction of Shur and as far as the land of Egypt. ⁸ 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. ⁸ David and his men raided the people of Geshur, Girzi, and Amalek. (These people had lived for a long time in the land that reached to Shur and Egypt.) ⁸ Then David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (They had been living in that land for a long time, from the approach to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.) ⁸Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites [the enemies of Israel that Joshua had failed to annihilate]; for they had inhabited the land from ancient times, as one comes to Shur even as far as the land of Egypt. ⁸ Now David and his men went up and attacked the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to Shur even as far as the land of Egypt. ⁸ Then Dauid and his men went vp, and inuaded the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites: for they inhabited the lande from the beginning, from the way, as thou goest to Shur, euen vnto the lande of Egypt.

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left neither: 1 Samuel 15:7, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 25:18, Exodus 15:22

and the camels: 1 Samuel 15:3, Deuteronomy 25:17-19, Joshua 6:21

Reciprocal: Exodus 17:14 - for I will Numbers 24:20 - his latter end Numbers 31:7 - all 2 Kings 9:15 - none go forth 1 Chronicles 18:11 - Amalek

Cross-References

Judges 13:15
“Please stay here,” Manoah told him, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”

Judges 13:15
Manoach said to the angel of the LORD, I pray you, let us detain you, that we may make ready a kid for you.

Judges 13:15
And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord , I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.

Judges 13:15
And Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, "Please stay, and let us prepare a young goat for you."

Judges 13:15
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "Please let us detain you and prepare a young goat for you."

Judges 13:15
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "We would like you to stay awhile so we can cook a young goat for you."

Judges 13:15
Manoah said to the Lord 's messenger, "Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat."

Judges 13:15
Then Manoah said to the Angel of the LORD, "Please let us detain you and let us prepare a young goat for you [to eat]."

Judges 13:15
Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "Please let us detain you so that we may prepare a young goat for you."

Judges 13:15
Manoah then said vnto the Angell of the Lorde, I pray thee, let vs reteine thee, vntill we haue made readie a kid for thee.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David smote the land,.... In which the above mentioned people dwelt, that is, the inhabitants of it:

and left neither man nor woman alive; for these being the old Canaanites and Amalekites, according to the law of God were not to be spared, but utterly destroyed; which may be observed to remove the charge of cruelty that might be brought against David on this account, Deuteronomy 7:2; though this must be understood of such that came within his reach; for it is certain there were people of these several names after this; see 1 Samuel 30:1;

and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels,

and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish; at Gath, to make a report of what he had been about and done; and what he brought was a good booty for the support of his men and their families.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 27:9. David smote the land — Here was a complete extirpation of all these people, not one being left alive, lest he should carry tidings of the disasters of his country! The spoil which David took consisted of sheep, oxen, asses, camels, and apparel.