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Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites, for they had been living in the land for a long time in the direction of[a] Shur and as far as[b] the land of Egypt. So David struck the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive; he took the sheep,[c] the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish. 10 And Achish said, “Against whom have you raided today?” David said, “Against the Negev of Judah and against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites and against the Negev of the Kenites.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 27:8 Literally “as you come”
  2. 1 Samuel 27:8 Literally “up to”
  3. 1 Samuel 27:9 Hebrew “flock,” referring to either sheep or goats or both