1 Samuel 27:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.”

1 Samuel 27:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Samuel 27:7 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Samuel 27:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.”

1 Samuel 27:7 — World English Bible

1 Samuel 27:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.”

1 Samuel 27:7 — American Standard Version

1 Samuel 27:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the number of the days which David hath dwelt in the field of the Philistines <FI>is<Fi> days and four months;”

1 Samuel 27:7 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Samuel 27:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the time that David abode in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.”

1 Samuel 27:7 — Darby Translation

1 Samuel 27:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And the time that Dauid dwelt in the countrey of the Philistims, was foure moneths and certaine dayes.”

1 Samuel 27:7 — Geneva Bible

1 Samuel 27:7 in Context — 1 Samuel 27

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.

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What Does 1 Samuel 27:7 Mean?

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