1 Samuel 27:7
What does 1 Samuel 27:7 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 27:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And David was living in the land of the Philistines for the space of a year and four months.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the number of the days which David hath dwelt in the field of the Philistines <FI>is<Fi> days and four months;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines, was four months.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the time that David abode in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
Context
v.6Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
v.7This passage
v.8And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 29:3
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away unto me unto this day?
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