Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
Bible References
Smote
1 Samuel 14:48
He acted valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, and rescued Israel from the hands of those who had plundered them.
Job 21:30
“That evil men are [now] reserved for the day of disaster and destruction,
They will be led away on the day of [God’s] wrath?
“That evil men are [now] reserved for the day of disaster and destruction,
They will be led away on the day of [God’s] wrath?
Ecclesiastes 8:13
But it will not be well for the evil man, nor will he lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.
Shur
1 Samuel 27:8
Now 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.
Genesis 16:7
But the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, on the road to [Egypt by way of] Shur.