Text -- 1 Samuel 27:7 (NET)

27:7 The length of time that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year and four months.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Sa 27:7

¹ tn Heb “the number of the days.”

² 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.