27:7 The length of time 1 that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year 2 and four months.
1 tnHeb “the number of the days.”
2 tnHeb “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.