1 Samuel 27:8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites,(A) the Girzites,[a] and the Amalekites.(B) From ancient times they had been the inhabitants of the region through Shur(C) as far as the land of Egypt.
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- 1 Samuel 27:8 Alt Hb tradition reads Gezerites
2 Samuel 13:37-38
Holman Christian Standard Bible
37 Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, king of Geshur.(A) And David mourned for his son[a] every day. 38 Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur where he stayed three years.
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- 2 Samuel 13:37 Probably Amnon
2 Samuel 14:32
Holman Christian Standard Bible
32 “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.”
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2 Samuel 15:8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 For your servant made a vow when I lived in Geshur of Aram,(A) saying: If the Lord really brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.”[a](B)
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- 2 Samuel 15:8 Some LXX mss; MT omits in Hebron
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