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1 Samuel 27:7

David

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.

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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BSB
And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
KJV
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
WEB
The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
ASV
And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
DARBY
And the time that David abode in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
BLB
And the number of the days that David dwelt in the field of the Philistines was a year and four months.
ÅB
Den tid David bodde i filistrenes land, var i alt ett år og fire måneder.
OTB
Nå var den tiden David bodde i filistrenes land et år og fire måneder.
B1930
Den tid David bodde i filistrenes land, var i alt ett år og fire måneder.

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  • 1 Samuel 29:3

    Then 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.”

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