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(From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur and Egypt.) <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/27.htm">New Living Translation</a> David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites—people who had lived near Shur, toward the land of Egypt, since ancient times. <a href="/esv/1_samuel/27.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/1_samuel/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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.) <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/27.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/27.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/27.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and 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. <a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and 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. <a href="/lsb/1_samuel/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and 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. <a href="/amp/1_samuel/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a> 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. <a href="/csb/1_samuel/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/asv/1_samuel/27.htm">American Standard Version</a> And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. <a href="/cev/1_samuel/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites lived in the area from Telam to Shur and on as far as Egypt, and David often attacked their towns. <a href="/erv/1_samuel/27.htm">English Revised Version</a> And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, which were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. <a href="/gwt/1_samuel/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then David and his men went to raid the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (They lived in the territory which extends from Telaim to Shur and Egypt.) <a href="/gnt/1_samuel/27.htm">Good News Translation</a> During that time David and his men would attack the people of Geshur, Girzi, and Amalek, who had been living in the region a very long time. He would raid their land as far as Shur, all the way down to Egypt, <a href="/isv/1_samuel/27.htm">International Standard Version</a> David and his men went up and raided the descendants of Geshur, the descendants of Girzi, and the Amalekites, for they had been living in the land since ancient times, from the entrance of Shur all the way to the land of Egypt. <a href="/msb/1_samuel/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.) <a href="/net/1_samuel/27.htm">NET Bible</a> 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.) <a href="/nheb/1_samuel/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Now David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Amalekites. And look, the land was inhabited from Telem, until you come to Shur, and on toward Egypt. <a href="/wbt/1_samuel/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 to the land of Egypt. <a href="/web/1_samuel/27.htm">World English Bible</a> David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and David and his men go up, and they push toward the Geshurite, and the Gerizite, and the Amalekite (for they are inhabitants of the land from of old), as you come to Shur and to the land of Egypt, <a href="/ylt/1_samuel/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and David goeth up and his men, and they push unto the Geshurite, and the Gerizite, and the Amalekite, (for they are inhabitants of the land from of old), as thou comest in to Shur and unto the land of Egypt, <a href="/slt/1_samuel/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And David will go up, and his men, and will plunder against the Geshurites and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: and behold, the inhabitants of the land which were of old thy going to Shur, and even to the land of Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_samuel/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And David and his men went up, and pillaged Gessuri, and Gerzi, and the Amalecites: for these were of old the inhabitants of the countries, as men go to Sur, even to the land of Egypt. <a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And David and his men went up and took plunder from Geshuri, and from Girzi, and from the Amalekites. For in the land long ago, these were the inhabitants of the area, going from Shur as far as the land of Egypt. <a href="/nabre/1_samuel/27.htm">New American Bible</a> David and his men went out on raids against the Geshurites, Girzites, and Amalekites—peoples living in the land between Telam, on the approach to Shur, and the land of Egypt. <a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Now David and his men went up and made raids on the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for these were the landed settlements from Telam on the way to Shur and on to the land of Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And David and his men went up and made raids upon the Geshurites and the Gadolites and the Amalekites; for these nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, and they raided Geshur as far as the land of Egypt. <a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And David went up and his men, and they walked to Gashur and to Gedula and to Amaleq, because , these had been inhabitants of the land from ancient time, and they walked to Gashur and unto the land of Egypt<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_samuel/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gizrites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. <a href="/sep/1_samuel/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And David and his men went up, and made an attack on all the Gesirites and on the Amalekites: and behold, the land was inhabited, (even the land from Gelampsur) by those who come from the fortified cities even to the land of Egypt. <a href="/parallel/1_samuel/27-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=8174" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/27.htm">David and the Philistines</a> …7And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months. 8<a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">Now David</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: wa·’ă·nā·šāw (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">and his men</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: way·ya·‘al (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">went up</a> <a href="/hebrew/6584.htm" title="6584: way·yip̄·šə·ṭū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To strip off, make a dash, raid. A primitive root; to spread out; by analogy, to strip.">and raided</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1651.htm" title="1651: hag·gə·šū·rî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Inhab. of Geshur, also a people S. of Philistia. Patrial from Gshuwr; a Geshurite or inhabitants of Geshur.">the Geshurites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1511.htm" title="1511: wə·hag·gir·zī (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- A Gezerite or inhabitants of Gezer; A Grizite or member of a native tribe in Palestine">the Girzites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6003.htm" title="6003: wə·hā·‘ă·mā·lê·qî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Desc. of Amalek. Patronymically from Amaleq; an Amalekite or descendants of Amalek.">and the Amalekites.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">(From</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: mê·‘ō·w·lām (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">ancient times</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bō·w·’ă·ḵā (V-Qal-Inf:: 2ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2007.htm" title="2007: hên·nāh (Pro-3fp) -- They. Prolongation for hen; themselves.">these people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇō·wṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">had inhabited</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7793.htm" title="7793: šū·rāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- A desert region S.W. of Pal. on E. border of Eg. The same as shuwr; Shur, a region of the Desert.">extending to Shur</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·rā·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">Egypt.)</a> 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,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/joshua/11-21.htm">Joshua 11:21-22</a> At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities. / No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive. <a href="/judges/1-16.htm">Judges 1:16</a> Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people. <a href="/judges/3-13.htm">Judges 3:13</a> After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms. <a href="/1_samuel/15-6.htm">1 Samuel 15:6</a> And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites. <a href="/1_samuel/30-1.htm">1 Samuel 30:1-2</a> On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down. / They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way. <a href="/2_samuel/8-18.htm">2 Samuel 8:18</a> Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders. <a href="/2_samuel/21-2.htm">2 Samuel 21:2</a> At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.) <a href="/1_chronicles/4-41.htm">1 Chronicles 4:41-43</a> These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings as well as the Meunites who were there, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks. / And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir / and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day. <a href="/1_chronicles/18-17.htm">1 Chronicles 18:17</a> Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side. <a href="/psalms/83-6.htm">Psalm 83:6-8</a> the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, / of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre. / Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah <a href="/matthew/15-21.htm">Matthew 15:21-28</a> Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. / And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.” / But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” ... <a href="/mark/7-24.htm">Mark 7:24-30</a> Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice. / Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet. / Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. ... <a href="/luke/4-26.htm">Luke 4:26</a> Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon. <a href="/acts/9-32.htm">Acts 9:32-35</a> As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda. / There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years. / “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up, ... <a href="/acts/10-38.htm">Acts 10:38</a> how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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 you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.A.<a href="/joshua/13-2.htm">Joshua 13:2,13</a> This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, … <a href="/2_samuel/13-37.htm">2 Samuel 13:37,38</a> But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day… <a href="/2_samuel/14-23.htm">2 Samuel 14:23,32</a> So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem… Gezrites.the Amalekites<a href="/joshua/16-10.htm">Joshua 16:10</a> And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.<a href="/judges/1-29.htm">Judges 1:29</a> Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.<a href="/1_kings/9-15.htm">1 Kings 9:15-17</a> And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer… as thou goest<a href="/1_samuel/15-7.htm">1 Samuel 15:7,8</a> And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt… <a href="/1_samuel/30-1.htm">1 Samuel 30:1</a> And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;<a href="/exodus/17-14.htm">Exodus 17:14-16</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/15-18.htm">Amalekite</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-32.htm">Amalekites</a> <a href="/judges/5-21.htm">Ancient</a> <a href="/judges/9-25.htm">Attacks</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-7.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-7.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-5.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-27.htm">Invaded</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-20.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ruth/2-16.htm">Push</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-27.htm">Raid</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-13.htm">Raided</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-18.htm">Raids</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-7.htm">Shur</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-41.htm">Times</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-25.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/30-13.htm">Amalekite</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-18.htm">Amalekites</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-25.htm">Ancient</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-9.htm">Attacks</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-9.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-13.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/1_samuel/31-11.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-1.htm">Invaded</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-23.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-11.htm">Push</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-10.htm">Raid</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-1.htm">Raided</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-2.htm">Raids</a> <a href="/genesis/16-7.htm">Shur</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-17.htm">Times</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-22.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 27</div>1. <a href="/1_samuel/27-1.htm">Saul, hearing David to be in Gath, seeks no more for him</a> 5. <a href="/1_samuel/27-5.htm">David begs Ziklag of Achish</a> 8. <a href="/1_samuel/27-8.htm">He, invading other countries, persuades Achish he fought against Judah.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/27.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_samuel/27.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. David, during his time in Philistine territory, conducted raids against these groups. The Geshurites were a people living in the region of Geshur, possibly near the northeastern part of the Promised Land. The Girzites are less well-known, with little archaeological evidence, but they were likely a small group in the same general area. The Amalekites were long-standing enemies of Israel, first encountered in <a href="/exodus/17.htm">Exodus 17</a>. David's raids were strategic, eliminating threats and securing resources. This action reflects David's role as a warrior and protector of Israel, foreshadowing his future as king. It also highlights the ongoing conflict between Israel and these groups, fulfilling God's command to subdue the land (<a href="/deuteronomy/25-17.htm">Deuteronomy 25:17-19</a>).(From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.) The reference to "ancient times" indicates the long-standing presence of these groups in the region. Shur is a desert area east of Egypt, often associated with the wilderness where Hagar fled (<a href="/genesis/16-7.htm">Genesis 16:7</a>). The mention of Egypt situates these raids in a significant geographical context, as Egypt was a major power and cultural influence. This land was part of the broader territory promised to Abraham's descendants (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>). The historical context underscores the persistent challenge Israel faced in securing and maintaining control over the land, a theme throughout the Old Testament. David's actions can be seen as part of the divine mandate to establish Israel's presence in the Promised Land, aligning with God's covenant promises.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> The future king of Israel, currently living among the Philistines to escape King Saul's pursuit. He is leading a group of men in raids against various groups. 2. <a href="/topical/d/david's_men.htm">David's Men</a> A group of loyal followers who have joined David in his exile. They are skilled warriors who participate in the raids. 3. <a href="/topical/g/geshurites,_girzites,_and_amalekites.htm">Geshurites, Girzites, and Amalekites</a> These are the groups that David and his men raided. They were long-standing enemies of Israel, often associated with idolatry and opposition to God's people. 4. <a href="/topical/s/shur.htm">Shur</a> A region near the northeastern border of Egypt, often associated with the wilderness where the Israelites wandered. 5. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> A significant nation in biblical history, often representing a place of bondage or opposition to God's people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a> David's actions against the Geshurites, Girzites, and Amalekites reflect God's ongoing judgment against those who oppose His people. This reminds us of God's sovereignty and justice. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_responsibility.htm">Leadership and Responsibility</a> David, as a leader, takes decisive action to protect his people and fulfill God's purposes. This challenges us to consider how we lead and protect those under our care. <a href="/topical/t/trusting_god's_timing.htm">Trusting God's Timing</a> David is in a period of waiting for God's promise to be fulfilled. His actions show a balance between taking initiative and trusting in God's timing. <a href="/topical/t/the_complexity_of_moral_decisions/The Complexity of Moral Decisions</a> David's raids raise questions about the morality of his actions. This complexity invites us to consider the ethical dimensions of our decisions and seek God's wisdom. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_exile.htm">Faithfulness in Exile</a> Even while living among the Philistines, David remains faithful to God's purposes. This encourages us to remain faithful to God, even in challenging or foreign environments.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 27</a> <a href="/q/why_isn't_david_condemned_for_his_raids.htm">If David’s raids led to widespread destruction (1 Samuel 27:8–9), why is there no explicit condemnation of his actions? </a> <a href="/q/what_is_a_consistent_christian_life.htm">What is the historical background of the Geshurites?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_divine_disapproval_in_1_samuel_27.htm">Why doesn’t the text in 1 Samuel 27 show any direct divine disapproval of David’s tactics, despite their questionable ethics?</a> <a href="/q/is_1_samuel_8_an_edited_text.htm">Could 1 Samuel 8 reflect later editorial influences rather than an authentic historical event?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) Went up.--The expression is strictly accurate. The nomad tribes against whom his expeditions were directed dwelt on higher ground than David's home at Ziklag, apparently on the wide extent of the mountain plateau, that high table-land at the north-east of the desert of Paran.The Geshurites, and the Gezerites, and the Amalekites.--These were all "Bedaween" tribes, the scourge of the Israelitish families dwelling on the south of Canaan. It is not easy to identify the first two named of these nomades against whom David directed his operations. We hear of these Geshurites in the neighbourhood of Bashan (<a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm" title="Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob to the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, to this day.">Deuteronomy 3:14</a>), and of another tribe of them in Syria (<a href="/2_samuel/15-8.htm" title="For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.">2Samuel 15:8</a>). They were a widely scattered race of nomad Arabs. The Gezerites, or Gizrites, it has been supposed, were the remains of a once powerful race dispossessed by the Amorites. The third named, the Amalekites, were the remnant of that once powerful tribe destroyed by Saul in his famous war, when his disobedience incurred the wrath of Samuel.For those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.--The grammar and construction of this sentence is confused and difficult. On the whole, the rendering and explanation of Erdmann in Lange seems the most satisfactory: "David . . . invaded the . . . and the Amalekites (for these were inhabitants of the land, who inhabited it of old) as far as Shur and Egypt." Thus David's raids extended as far as the desert frontier of Egypt.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 8. - Went up. The Geshurites inhabited the high table land which forms the northeastern portion of the wilderness of Paran. Like the Kenites, they seem to have broken up into scattered tribes, as we find one portion of them in the neighbourhood of Bashan (<a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14</a>), and another in Syria (<a href="/2_samuel/15-8.htm">2 Samuel 15:8</a>). Probably, like the Amalekites, they were a Bedouin race, and so great wanderers. Hence the verb translated invaded is literally "spread themselves out" like a fan, so as to enclose these nomads, whose safety lay in flight. Gezrites. The written text has Girzites, which the Kri has changed into Gezrites, probably from a wish to connect a name never mentioned elsewhere with the town of Gezer. But Gezer lay far away in the west of Ephraim, and the connection suggested in modern times of the Girzites with Mount Gerizim in Central Palestine is more probable. They would thus be the remains of a once more powerful people, dispossessed by the Amorites, but who were now probably a very feeble remnant. For those nations, etc. The grammar and translation of this clause are both full of difficulties, but the following rendering is perhaps the least objectionable: "For these were (the families) inhabiting the land, which were of old, as thou goest towards Shur," etc. Families must be supplied because the participle inhabiting is feminine. What, then, the narrator means to say is that these three Bedouin tribes were the aboriginal inhabitants of the northwestern portion of the desert between Egypt and South Palestine. On the Amalekites see <a href="/1_samuel/15-2.htm">1 Samuel 15:2</a>. We need not wonder at finding them mentioned again so soon after Saul's expedition. A race of nomads would sustain no great harm from an expedition which soon began to occupy itself with capturing cattle. On Shur see <a href="/1_samuel/15-7.htm">1 Samuel 15:7</a>. <a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/27-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Now David דָּוִד֙ (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse and his men וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו (wa·’ă·nā·šāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_582.htm">Strong's 582: </a> Man, mankind went up וַיַּ֤עַל (way·ya·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively and raided וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֛וּ (way·yip̄·šə·ṭū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6584.htm">Strong's 6584: </a> To strip off, make a dash, raid the Geshurites, הַגְּשׁוּרִ֥י (hag·gə·šū·rî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1651.htm">Strong's 1651: </a> Geshurites -- inhabitants of Geshur, also a people South of Philistia the Girzites, וְהַגִּזְרִ֖י (wə·hag·giz·rî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1511.htm">Strong's 1511: </a> Gezrites -- a Grizite and the Amalekites. וְהָעֲמָלֵקִ֑י (wə·hā·‘ă·mā·lê·qî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6003.htm">Strong's 6003: </a> Amalekites -- descendants of Amalek (From כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction ancient times מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם (mê·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always these people הֵ֜נָּה (hên·nāh) Pronoun - third person feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2007.htm">Strong's 2007: </a> Themselves had inhabited יֹשְׁב֤וֹת (yō·šə·ḇō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry the land הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land extending to Shur שׁ֖וּרָה (šū·rāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7793.htm">Strong's 7793: </a> Shur -- a desert region Southwest of Palestine on eastern border of Egypt and וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while Egypt.) מִצְרָֽיִם׃ (miṣ·rā·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/27-8.htm">1 Samuel 27:8 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/27-8.htm">1 Samuel 27:8 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_samuel/27-8.htm">1 Samuel 27:8 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/27-8.htm">1 Samuel 27:8 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/27-8.htm">1 Samuel 27:8 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/27-8.htm">1 Samuel 27:8 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/27-8.htm">1 Samuel 27:8 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/27-8.htm">1 Samuel 27:8 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/27-8.htm">1 Samuel 27:8 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_samuel/27-8.htm">1 Samuel 27:8 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-8.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 27:8 David and his men went up (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/27-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 27:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 27:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/27-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 27:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 27:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>