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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Gill's Exposition
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, Jdg 17:10;…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
a full year and four months The Sept. reading "four months" is improbable, though the Heb. might be rendered "a space of time, even four months." Ch. 1Sa 29:3 implies a much longer residence. "In this…