1 Samuel 6:1

The Philistines Return the Ark

6:1 When the ark of the Lord had been in the land 1  of the Philistines for seven months, 2 

1 Samuel 27:7

27:7 The length of time 3  that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year 4  and four months.

1 tn Heb “field.”

2 tc The LXX adds “and their land swarmed with mice.”

3 tn Heb “the number of the days.”

4 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.