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1 Samuel 27:7
1 Samuel 27:7 is verse 7 of 1 Samuel chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a 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.
World English Bible
The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
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1 Samuel 27:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
6 That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
7 And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
8 Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
9 Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 29:3Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”