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David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
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Justified Raids, Not Random Violence
Commentators explain that David's raids were not random acts of violence. The Geshurites, Girzites, and Amalekites were ancient enemies of Israel whom God had commanded to be driven out. As scholar John Gill notes, David had a 'just right' to attack them, continuing the work God's people were called to do.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Geshurites bordered the Philistines and lived in the mountainous district that terminates the desert on the northeast (marginal reference). The…
19th Century
Anglican
Went up. —The expression is strictly accurate. The nomad tribes against whom his expeditions were directed lived on higher ground …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And David and his men went up From Ziklag, where they dwelt:
and invaded the Geshurites
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While David was in the land of the Philistines, he attacked some remnants of the devoted nations. The people whom he destroyed had long before been…
