1 Samuel 27:7
וַֽיְהִי מִסְפַּר הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר ־ יָשַׁב דָּוִד בִּשְׂדֵה פְלִשְׁתִּים יָמִים וְאַרְבָּעָה חֳדָשִֽׁים ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
Cross References
1 Samuel 29:3וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ שָׂרֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים מָה הָעִבְרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיֹּאמֶר אָכִישׁ אֶל ־ שָׂרֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים הֲלֽוֹא ־ זֶה דָוִד עֶבֶד ׀ שָׁאוּל מֶֽלֶךְ ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הָיָה אִתִּי זֶה יָמִים אוֹ ־ זֶה שָׁנִים וְלֹֽא ־ מָצָאתִי בוֹ מְאוּמָה מִיּוֹם נָפְלוֹ עַד ־ הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה ׃ פ
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 →