1Sa 27:8-9, 30:13, 20, Psa 83:6-7 | TSK | STEP | A.M. 2948. B.C. 1056. An. Ex. Is. 435. the Geshurites. Gezrites. or, Gerzites.These people seem to be the Gerrhenians, (2 Mac 13:24) whose chief city, Gerrha, is mentioned by Strabo as lying between Gaza and Pelusium in Egypt. the Amalekites. as thou goest.

1 Samuel 27:8-9

A.M. 2948. B.C. 1056. An. Ex. Is. 435. the Geshurites.

Jos 13:2,13; 2Sa 13:37,38; 14:23,32; 15:8; 1Ch 2:23

Gezrites. or, Gerzites.These people seem to be the Gerrhenians, (2 Mac 13:24) whose chief city, Gerrha, is mentioned by Strabo as lying between Gaza and Pelusium in Egypt.

the Amalekites.

Jos 16:10; Jud 1:29; 1Ki 9:15-17

as thou goest.

15:7,8; 30:1; Ex 17:14-16

left neither.

15:7; Ge 16:7; 25:18; Ex 15:22

and the camels.

15:3; De 25:17-19; Jos 6:21

1 Samuel 30:13

my master.Though they had booty enough, and this poor sick slave might have been carried on an ass or a camel, yet they inhumanely left him to perish; but, in the righteous providence of God, this cruelty was the occasion of their destruction; whilst David's kindness to a perishing stranger and slave was the means of his success, and proved the truest policy.

Job 31:13-15; Pr 12:10; Jas 2:13

1 Samuel 30:20

This is David's spoil.

26; Nu 31:9-12; 2Ch 20:25; Isa 53:12; Ro 8:37

Psalms 83:6-7

The tabernacles.Tents are mentioned because it was the custom of these people, particularly the Ishmaelites, to live a migratory or wandering life; encamping sometimes in one place, and sometimes in another, as they found convenience for themselves and cattle; a custom retained by their descendants to the present day.

Edom.

2Ch 20:1,10,11

Hagarenes.

Ge 25:12-18; 1Ch 5:10,19,20

Hagarites.

Gebal.

Jos 13:5; Eze 27:9