1 Samuel 27:8

David 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.

Joshua 13:2

This is the land that remains:

All the districts of the Philistines and the Geshurites:

1 Samuel 15:7-8

Then Saul struck down the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is next to Egypt.

Joshua 13:13

but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites and Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath live in Israel to this day.

Joshua 16:10

But, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites live in Ephraim to this day, but they are forced laborers.

Judges 1:29

At that time Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived among them in Gezer.

Exodus 15:22

Then Moses led Israel on from the Red Sea, and they went out to the Wilderness of Shur. They journeyed for three days in the wilderness without finding water.

Exodus 17:8

At Rephidim, Amalek came and fought against Israel.

Exodus 17:14-16

The Lord then said to Moses, “Write this down on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua: I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek under heaven.”

1 Samuel 30:1

David and his men arrived in Ziklag on the third day. The Amalekites had raided the Negev and attacked and burned down Ziklag.

2 Samuel 13:37-38

Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

2 Samuel 14:23

So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

“Look,” Absalom explained to Joab, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? I’d be better off if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king. If I am guilty, let him kill me.”

2 Samuel 15:8

For your servant made a vow when I lived in Geshur of Aram, saying: If the Lord really brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.”

1 Kings 9:15-17

This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon had imposed to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the supporting terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

1 Chronicles 2:23

But Geshur and Aram captured Jair’s Villages along with Kenath and its villages—60 towns. All these were the sons of Machir father of Gilead.

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