1 Samuel 27:7

The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

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WEBBE

The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

BSB

And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.

KJV

And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

ASV

And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

BBE

And David was living in the land of the Philistines for the space of a year and four months.

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וַיְהִי vay·hi and it was H1961 מִסְפַּר mis·par [the] number of H4557 הַיָּמִים hai·ya·mim the days H3117 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- which H834 יָשַׁב ya·shav he dwelt H3427 דָּוִד da·vid David H1732 בִּשְׂדֵה bis·deh in [the] region of H7704 פְלִשְׁתִּים fe·lish·tim [the] Philistines H6430 יָמִים ya·mim days H3117 וְאַרְבָּעָה ve·'ar·ba·'ah and four H702 חֳדָשִׁים cho·da·shim months H2320

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–7

Unbelief is a sin that easily besets even good men, when without are fightings, and within are fears; and it is a hard matter to get over them. Lord, increase our faith! We may blush to think that the word of a Philistine should go further than the word of an Israelite, and that the city of Gath should be a place of refuge for a good man, when the cities of Israel refuse him a safe abode. David gained a comfortable settlement, not only at a distance from Gath, but bordering upon Israel, where he might keep up a correspondence with his own countrymen.

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