Holy Scripture

1 Samuel 27:7

A church father on this verse
“Now the number of days that David lived in the land of the Philistines, etc. There was, is, and will be a time of Christ's dwelling in the Church of the Gentiles, until he fills the four corners of the world with the complete light of his heavenly grace, until he pours the light of the Gospel, which is contained in th…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Samuel

Source: Septuagint

Original

7And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was four months.

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5And David said to Achish, If now thy servant has found grace in thine eyes, let them give me, I pray thee, a place in one of the cities in the country, and I will dwell there: for why does thy servant dwell with thee in a royal city?

6And he gave him Ziklag in that day: therefore Ziklag came into possession of the king of Judea to this day.

— 1 Samuel 27:7 —

8And David and his men went up, and made an attack on all the Girzites and on the Amalekites: and behold, the land was inhabited (even the land from Gelampsur) by those who come from the fortified cities even to the land of Egypt.

9And he smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive; and they took flocks, and herds, and asses, and camels, and raiment; and they returned and came to Achish.

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