KJV King James Version
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
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1 Samuel 27:7
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
WEB World English Bible
The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
ASV 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.
YLT 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;
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 27
4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
5 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those [nations were] of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַֽיְהִי֙H1961 · ha.yahto beמִסְפַּ֣רH4557 · mis.parnumberהַיָּמִ֔יםH3117 · yomdayאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichיָשַׁ֥בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellדָּוִ֖דH1732 · da.vidDavidבִּשְׂדֵ֣הH7704 · sa.daySirionפְלִשְׁתִּ֑יםH6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistineיָמִ֖יםH3117 · yomdayוְאַרְבָּעָ֥הH702 · ar.bafourחֳדָשִֽׁים׃H2320 · cho.deshmonth
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