The Geshurites ( Hebrew: גְּשׁוּרִי Gəšūrī) were a people who dwelt in the desert between Arabia and Philistia; [1] [2] in the latter citation the Geshurites are mentioned together with the Gezerites and Amalekites, each of whose areas were attacked by David and his men who "did not leave a man or woman alive", [3] in order that there would be none to tell the Philistine king Achish, whose protection David was under, that David was raiding against them, rather than against Israelites as he claimed. [4]
According to Richard Elliott Friedman, [5] the mother of Tamar and Absalom was "a Geshurite princess".
References
- ^ Joshua 13:2
- ^ 1 Samuel 27:8
- ^ 1 Samuel 27:9
- ^ 1 Samuel 27:11
- ^ Friedman, Richard Elliott, Who Wrote the Bible?
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The Geshurites ( Hebrew: גְּשׁוּרִי Gəšūrī) were a people who dwelt in the desert between Arabia and Philistia; [1] [2] in the latter citation the Geshurites are mentioned together with the Gezerites and Amalekites, each of whose areas were attacked by David and his men who "did not leave a man or woman alive", [3] in order that there would be none to tell the Philistine king Achish, whose protection David was under, that David was raiding against them, rather than against Israelites as he claimed. [4]
According to Richard Elliott Friedman, [5] the mother of Tamar and Absalom was "a Geshurite princess".
References
- ^ Joshua 13:2
- ^ 1 Samuel 27:8
- ^ 1 Samuel 27:9
- ^ 1 Samuel 27:11
- ^ Friedman, Richard Elliott, Who Wrote the Bible?
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