1 Samuel 27:7

And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was four months.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6And he gave him Sekelac in that day: therefore Sekelac came into possession of the king of Judea to this day.

8And David and his men went up, and made an attack on all the Gesirites and on the Amalekites: and behold, the land was inhabited, (even the land + 27:8 Th LXX have rendered מעולס ... שוה of old to Shur, by ἀπὸ Γελαμψοὺρ.from Gelampsur) by those who come from the fortified cities even to the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 29:3And the lords of the Philistines said, Who are these + 29:3 The word עכר is here translated; as in Gen. 14. 13.that pass by? And Anchus said to the captains of the Philistines, Is not this David the servant of Saul king of Israel? he has been with us + 29:3 Gr. to or days.some time, even this second year, and I have not found any fault in him from the day that he attached himself to me even until this day.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 27:2-8

David Returns to Gath. ( b. c. 1055.) 1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. 2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man… Read the whole commentary →

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