⁷ Then Saul slaughtered the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, east of Egypt.

⁴⁸ He performed great deeds and conquered the Amalekites, saving Israel from all those who had plundered them.

¹⁸ Ishmael’s descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives.^[a]

⁷ The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur.

⁸ David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites—people who had lived near Shur, toward the land of Egypt, since ancient times.

Bitter Water at Marah

²² Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea, and they moved out into the desert of Shur. They traveled in this desert for three days without finding any water.

¹¹ The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found.

¹³ The wicked will not prosper, for they do not fear God. Their days will never grow long like the evening shadows.