1 Samuel 27:8-9

New International Version

⁸Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites,^(A) the Girzites and the Amalekites.^(B) (From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur^(C) and Egypt.) ⁹Whenever David attacked an area, he did not leave a man or woman alive,^(D) but took sheep and cattle, donkeys and camels, and clothes. Then he returned to Achish.

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1 Samuel 27:8-9

English Standard Version

⁸Now David ^(A)and his men went up and made raids against ^(B)the Geshurites, ^(C)the Girzites, and ^(D)the Amalekites, for these were the inhabitants of the land from of old, ^(E)as far as Shur, to the land of Egypt. ⁹And David would strike the land and would leave neither man nor woman alive, but would take away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the garments, and come back to Achish.

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1 Samuel 27:8-9

New American Standard Bible

⁸Now David and his men went up and attacked ^(A)the Geshurites, the Girzites, and ^(B)the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to ^(C)Shur even as far as the land of Egypt. ⁹David ^[a]attacked the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, and he ^(D)took the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish.