1 Samuel 15:7

from Havilah until thou comest to Shur The region occupied by the Ishmaelites is described in the same terms in Genesis 25:18. Havilahis supposed to be a district of Arabia, but its position cannot be fixed with any certainty. Shuris repeatedly mentioned in connexion with the route from Palestine to Egypt, and appears to be the part of the Arabian desert bordering on Egypt. See Genesis 16:7; Genesis 20:1; Exodus 15:22; 1 Samuel 27:8. Shurmeans wall, and the name may have been derived from the wall which anciently defended the north-eastern frontier of Egypt.

over against Egypt In front of Egypt, looking towards it from Palestine; or, eastward of Egypt.