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Bishop's Bible

1 Samuel 27:7

And the tyme that Dauid dwelt in the countrey of the Philistines, was foure monethes, and certaine dayes.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Gath;   Philistines;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Achish;   Gath;   Gittith;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - David;   Palestine;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Robbery;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Nehemiah, the Book of;   Robbery;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gath;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Achish;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zik'lag;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abimelech;   Alliance;   David;   Zebah and Zalmunna;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The length of time that David stayed in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
Hebrew Names Version
The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Pelishtim was a full year and four months.
King James Version
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
Lexham English Bible
The number of days that David lived in the countryside of the Philistines was one year and four months.
English Standard Version
And the number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
New Century Version
David lived in the Philistine land a year and four months.
New English Translation
The length of time that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year and four months.
Amplified Bible
The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
New American Standard Bible
The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the time that Dauid dwelt in the countrey of the Philistims, was foure moneths and certaine dayes.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
Contemporary English Version
David was in Philistia for a year and four months.
Complete Jewish Bible
After David had been living in the country of the P'lishtim for a year and four months,
Darby Translation
And the time that David abode in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
Easy-to-Read Version
David lived with the Philistines one year and four months.
George Lamsa Translation
And the time that David dwelt in the land of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
Good News Translation
David lived in Philistia for sixteen months.
Literal Translation
And the number of days which David lived in the field of the Philistines was a year and four months.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The tyme that Dauid dwelt in the londe of the Philistynes, is foure monethes.
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.
Bible in Basic English
And David was living in the land of the Philistines for the space of a year and four months.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
King James Version (1611)
And the time that Dauid dwelt in the countrey of the Philistines, was a full yeere, and foure moneths.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was four months.
English Revised Version
And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
Berean Standard Bible
And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the noumbre of daies, in whiche Dauid dwellide in the cuntrei of Filisteis, was of foure monethis.
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;
Update Bible Version
And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
World English Bible
The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
New King James Version
Now the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was one full year and four months.
New Living Translation
and they lived there among the Philistines for a year and four months.
New Life Bible
David lived in the country of the Philistines for a year and four months.
New Revised Standard
The length of time that David lived in the country of the Philistines was one year and four months.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines became a year and four months.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines, was four months.
Revised Standard Version
And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.

Contextual Overview

1 And Dauid sayd in his heart, I shall perishe one day by the hand of Saul: therefore is there nothing better for me, then to flee and saue my self in the land of the Philistines, and Saul shall ceasse and seeke me no more in all the coastes of Israel, and so shall I escape out of his hand. 2 And Dauid arose, and he and the sixe hundred men that were with him, went vnto Achis the sonne of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 And Dauid dwelt with Achis at Gath, both he and his men, euery man with his housholde, and Dauid with his two wiues, Ahinoam the Iezrahelite, and Abigail Nabals wyfe the Carmelite. 4 And it was tolde Saul that Dauid was fled to Gath, and he sought no more for him. 5 And Dauid sayde vnto Achis: If I haue now founde grace in thyne eyes, let them geue me a place in some towne in ye countrey, that I may dwell there: For why should thy seruaunt dwell in the head citie of the kingdome with thee? 6 Then Achis gaue him Ziklag that same day, for which cause Ziklag pertayneth vnto the kinges of Iuda vnto this day. 7 And the tyme that Dauid dwelt in the countrey of the Philistines, was foure monethes, and certaine dayes.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the time: Heb. the number of days

a full year: Heb. a year of days, 1 Samuel 29:3

Cross-References

Deuteronomy 33:1
This is the blessyng wherwith Moyses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death, and sayde:
Joshua 6:26
And Iosuah sware at that tyme, saying: Cursed be the man before the Lord that ryseth vp, and buyldeth this citie Iericho: He shall lay the foundation thereof in his eldest sonne, and in his youngest sonne shall he set vp the gates of it.
1 Samuel 24:19
For who shall finde his enemie, and let him depart into a good way? Wherfore the Lord reward thee with good, for that thou hast done vnto me this day.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines,.... At Gath and Ziklag:

was a full year and four months; or "days and four months"; days being sometimes put for a year, Judges 17:10; though some interpret it not of a year, but of some few days out of the fifth month, besides the four months; so Jarchi and Kimchi; and Josephus h makes his abode to be four months and twenty days; but, according to the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, it was only four months; and so it may be rendered, "days, that is, four months"; for according to the Jewish chronology i Samuel died four months before Saul, and this flight of David was after the death of Samuel, and when Saul died he left the land of the Philistines, and took the throne of Judah;

Judges 17:10- :.

h Antiqu. l. 6. c. 13. sect. 10. i Sepher Olam Rabba c. 13. p. 37.


 
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