This document is about Shur (place name). For other homonyms, please refer to the Shur document.
Shur is the name of a region near Egypt. It is also recorded as Sur.
Gen 25:18They lived from Havilah to Asshur, which is toward Egypt, as far as Shur, and they settled in opposition to all their kinsmen.
During the Exodus, Moses and the Israelites came here after crossing the Red Sea.
Ex 15:22Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Shur Desert. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
Hagar, fleeing from Sarah's mistreatment, met an angel of God in Shur and returned to Abraham. It is presumed that she was on her way to her homeland, Egypt.
Gen 16:7The angel of the Lord found her by a spring in the desert; it was the spring by the road to Shur.
Abraham settled between Kadesh and Shur.
Gen 20:1From there Abraham moved on to the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar.
During the time of King Saul and David, the Amalekites lived here.
1 Sam 15:7Then Saul attacked the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, near Egypt.
1 Sam 27:8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, Girzites and Amalekites. (These people had lived in the area from ancient times—from Shur all the way to Egypt.)