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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)and they lived there among the Philistines for a year and four months.

Context of 1 Samuel 27:7

5Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be assigned to me in one of the country towns, that I may live there. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?” 6So on that day Achish gave him Ziklag, and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since. David lived in Philistine territory a year and four months. 8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur and Egypt.) 9Whenever David attacked an area, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but took sheep and cattle, donkeys and camels, and clothes. Then he returned to Achish.

1 Samuel 27:7 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the timeיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• And the timeמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• that Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in the countryשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• was a full yearיוֹםyôm · day: yearH3117
• and fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• monthsחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 27:7

• 1 Samuel 29:3The commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, who was an officer of Saul king of Israel? He has already been with me for over a year, and from the day he left Saul until now, I have found no fault in him.”

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