1 Samuel 27:7

1 Samuel 27:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
• New International Version (NIV)David lived in Philistine territory a year and four months.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was one full year and four months.

Context of 1 Samuel 27:7

5And David said to Achish, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some country-town, that I may abide there; for why should thy servant abide in the royal city with thee? 6And Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day. And the time that David abode in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months. 8And David and his men went up and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt. 9And 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.

1 Samuel 27:7 word by word

וַֽיְהִי֙ מִסְפַּ֣ר הַיָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־יָשַׁ֥ב דָּוִ֖ד בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים יָמִ֖ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה חֳדָשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• countryשָׂדַיώâdeh ώâday · SirionH7704
• Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• wasהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• monthsחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 27:7

• 1 Samuel 29:3And the princes of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews? And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or these years, and I have found nothing in him since the day of his falling away [to me] to this day?

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 27:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-12David fled to the Philistines to get away from Saul for good. Rather than killing Saul, David chose the dangerous life of a fugitive.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 27:7

• David
• Gath
• Philistines

In the dictionaries

• David
• Philistines
• Achish
• Robbery
• Abimelech
• Alliance
• Palestine
• Samuel, Books of
• Zebah and Zalmunna
• Ziklag

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings