John Gill's Exposition on 1 Samuel 27:7

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines, etc.] At Gath and Ziklag: was a full year and four months; or “days and four months”; days being sometimes put for a year, (<071710>Judges 17:10); though some interpret it not of a year, but of some few days out of the fifth month, besides the four months; so Jarchi and Kimchi; and Josephus f534 makes his abode to be four months and twenty days; but, according to the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, it was only four months; and so it may be rendered, “days, that is, four months”; for according to the Jewish chronology f535 Samuel died four months before Saul, and this flight of David was after the death of Samuel, and when Saul died he left the land of the Philistines, and took the throne of Judah; (see Gill on “<092501>1 Samuel 25:1”).

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