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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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 as you go towards Shur(C), as far as the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:8 Alt Hb tradition reads Gezerites