1 Samuel 27:7 David lived in Philistine territory a year and four months.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
David lived in Philistine territory a year and four months.

English Standard Version
And the number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.

New American Standard Bible
The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The time that David stayed in the Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.

International Standard Version
David lived in Philistine territory for a year and four months.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines, was four months.

Darby Bible Translation
And the time that David abode in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.

Young's Literal Translation
And the number of the days which David hath dwelt in the field of the Philistines is days and four months;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

27:1-7 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6. Ziklag—Though originally assigned to Judah (Jos 15:31), and subsequently to Simeon (Jos 19:5), this town had never been possessed by the Israelites. It belonged to the Philistines, who gave it to David.