1 Samuel 27:7
7The length of time ▼▼tn Heb “the number of the days.”
that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year ▼▼tn Heb “days.” The plural of the word “day” is sometimes used idiomatically to refer specifically to a year. In addition to this occurrence in v.
7 see also
1 Sam 1:3,
21;
2:19;
20:6;
Lev 25:29;
Judg 17:10.
and four months.
