1 Samuel 27:8-9

8 Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)

9 Whenever David attacked an area, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but took sheep and cattle, donkeys and camels, and clothes. Then he returned to Achish.

1 Samuel 27:8-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 27

David, fearing he should perish by the hand of Saul at one time or another, went into the land of the Philistines, which Saul hearing of, sought no more after him, 1Sa 27:1-4; and finding favour in the eyes of the king of Gath, desired a place in his country might be given him to reside in; and accordingly Ziklag was given him, 1Sa 27:5-7; from whence he made excursions into the land of the Amalekites, and others, and utterly destroyed them; but imposed on the king of Gath, pretending he had made his road into the southern parts of Judah, 1Sa 27:8-12.

Cross References

• 1. S Joshua 12:5; Joshua 13:2,13
• 2. S Exodus 17:14; S 1 Samuel 14:48; 1 Samuel 30:1; 2 Samuel 1:8; 2 Samuel 8:12; Exodus 17:8; 1 Samuel 15:7-8
• 3. S Genesis 16:7; Exodus 15:22
• 4. S 1 Samuel 15:3