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1 Samuel 27:7

David

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.

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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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 said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?

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