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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Sa 13:38 — So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
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A. M. 2974-2977. B.C. 1030-1027. |
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An. Ex. Is. 461-464. |
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Geshur
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This was not the Geshur lying between Philistia and Egypt, (Jos 13:13. 1Sa 27:8,) but another in Syria; probably the same as that beyond Jordan, whose inhabitants are joined with those of Maachathi, Deu 3:14; Jos 12:5; 2Sa 14:23,32; 2Sa 15:8 |
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Jos 13:13 |
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. |
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1Sa 27:8 |
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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Deu 3:14 |
Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day. |
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Jos 12:5 |
And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. |
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2Sa 14:23 |
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. |
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2Sa 14:32 |
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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2Sa 15:8 |
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. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 13:38," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Sa/13/38.html>.
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