And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines, х sadeh (H7704)] - field of the Philistines, so called from its beauty and productiveness (cf. Judges 15:5: see Robinson's 'Biblical Researches,'
i., p. 291).
Was a full year and four months. [The Septuagint has tessaras meenas, four months; but see the note at 1 Samuel 29:3, Septuagint.] Josephus ('Antiquities,' b. 6:, ch. 13:, sec. 10) states it to have been four months and twenty days.