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.
Ver. 8. And the Gezrites.] Otherwise called Girgashites, as some hold.
And the Amalekites.] Whom Saul should have utterly rooted out, 1Sa 15:3 ; 1 Samuel 15:7 ; 1Sa 15:9 but did not. Quod defertur, non aufertur.