1 Samuel 27:7

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
time	מִסְפַּ֣ר mis.Par	H4557	a number · noun, common masculine singular construct
David	דָּוִ֖ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
dwelt	יָשַׁ֥ב ya.Shav	H3427	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
country	בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה bis.Deh	H7704	a field (as flat) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Philistines	פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים fe.lish.Tim	H6430	a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth · noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
year	הַיָּמִ֔ים hai.ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
four	וְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה ve.'ar.ba.'Ah	H702	four · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular absolute
months	חֳדָשִֽׁים cho.da.Shim	H2320	the new moon · noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

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…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 27:1-7

Here is, I. The prevalency of David's fear, which was the effect of the weakness of his faith (Sa1 27:1): He said to his heart (so it may be read), in his communings with it concerning his present condition, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. He represented to himself the restless rage and malice of Saul (who could not be wrought into a reconciliation) and the treachery of his own countrymen, witness that of the Ziphites, once and again; he looked upon his own forces, and observed how few they were, and that no recruits had come in to him for a great while, nor could he perceive that he got any ground; and hence, in a melancholy mood, he draws this dark conclusion: I shall one d…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 27:6

Ziklag--Though originally assigned to Judah (Jos 15:31), and subsequently to Simeon (Jos 19:5), this town had never been possessed by the Israelites. It belonged to the Philistines, who gave it to David.

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 27:6

Achish gave him Ziklag - Ziklag was at first given to the tribe of Judah, but afterwards it was ceded to that of Simeon, Jos 15:31; Jos 19:5. The Philistines had, however, made themselves masters of it, and held it to the time here mentioned; it then fell into the tribe of Judah again, and continued to be the property of the kings of Judah. This verse is a proof that this book was written long after the days of Samuel, and that it was formed by a later hand, out of materials which had been collected by a contemporary author. See the preface.

John Gill on 1 Samuel 27:7

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 h…

The Church Fathers

Now the number of days that David lived in the land of the Philistines, etc. There was, is, and will be a time of Christ's dwelling in the Church of the Gentiles, until he fills the four corners of the world with the complete light of his heavenly grace, until he pours the light of the Gospel, which is contained in the unanimous variety of the four books, into the believing hearts of the Gentiles. And note that David, coming to the Philistines, begins to dwell in Geth; but soon, with Achis' permission, he turns to Siceleg: because, coming to the Gentiles in the disciples, Christ, first pressed by the winepress of pressures by the unbelievers, finally after many grapes of the martyrs pressed, he approached to instruct those who among the dregs and wine of intellectual innkeepers, that is, those teaching various senses, knew how to judge.
— Bede, Commentary on Samuel

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Dictionary and topics

Achish — Angry, perhaps only a general title of royalty applicable to the Philistine kings. (1.) The king with whom David sought refuge when he fled from Saul (1 Sam. 21:10-15). He is called Abimelech in the…
David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Robbery — Practised by the Ishmaelites (Gen. 16:12), the Chaldeans and Sabeans (Job 1:15, 17), and the men of Shechem (Judg. 9:25. See also 1 Sam. 27:6-10; 30; Hos. 4:2; 6:9). Robbers infested Judea in our…
Ziklag — A town in the Negeb, or south country of Judah (Josh. 15:31), in the possession of the Philistines when David fled to Gath from Ziph with all his followers. Achish, the king, assigned him Ziklag as…
Gath · David takes refuge at — David takes refuge at
Philistines · .Achish — .Achish

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1 Samuel 27:7

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Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 27:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 27:6

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 27:6

John Gill on 1 Samuel 27:7

The Church Fathers

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1 Samuel 27:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 27:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 27:6

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 27:6

John Gill on 1 Samuel 27:7

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 27:1-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 27:6

Rashi on 1 Samuel 27:7