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1 Samuel 27:8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
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
1 Samuel 27:8
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1 Samuel 27:8
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8 Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites,(A) the Girzites and the Amalekites.(B) (From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur(C) and Egypt.)
1 Samuel 27:8
King James Version
1 Samuel 27:8
King James Version
8 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.
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2 Samuel 13:37-38
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2 Samuel 13:37-38
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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 13:37-38
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2 Samuel 13:37-38
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37 Absalom fled and went to Talmai(A) son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But King David mourned many days for his son.
38 After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
2 Samuel 13:37-38
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2 Samuel 13:37-38
King James Version
37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
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2 Samuel 14:32
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2 Samuel 14:32
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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 14:32
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2 Samuel 14:32
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32 Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent word to you and said, ‘Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, “Why have I come from Geshur?(A) It would be better for me if I were still there!”’ Now then, I want to see the king’s face, and if I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death.”(B)
2 Samuel 14:32
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2 Samuel 14:32
King James Version
32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
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2 Samuel 15:8
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2 Samuel 15:8
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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
2 Samuel 15:8
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2 Samuel 15:8
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8 While your servant was living at Geshur(A) in Aram, I made this vow:(B) ‘If the Lord takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.[a]’”
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- 2 Samuel 15:8 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew does not have in Hebron.
2 Samuel 15:8
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2 Samuel 15:8
King James Version
8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.
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