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Ziklag

צִקְלַג · tsiq.lag · H6860“measure pressed down” Hitchcock's 186912 mentions in 5 books, most in 1 Samuel (4)
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Where it is

Beth-biriGoshenGoshenJokdeamJokdeamDumahDumahBaalahBaalahCabbonCabbonZiklagabout 44 km across

31.38° N, 34.87° E

Coordinates and map: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · drawn without map tiles

Mentioned most in

1 Samuel · 41 Chronicles · 3Joshua · 22 Samuel · 2Nehemiah · 1
Counted from 12 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Ziklag was a city located in the Negev region of Judah, initially allotted to the tribe of Judah (Jos.15.31) and later to Simeon (Jos.19.5; 1Ch.4.30). The Philistine king Achish of Gath gave the city to David when he fled from King Saul (1Sa.27.6). David and his men lived there for over a year, making raids on the Geshurites, Girzites, and Amalekites (1Sa.27.8-9). While David and his men were away, the Amalekites attacked and burned Ziklag, taking captive the women and children (1Sa.30.1-2). David pursued them, defeated them, and recovered all that was taken (1Sa.30.18-20). David sent some of the spoils from this victory to his friends in Judah (1Sa.30.26). After Saul's death, David departed from Ziklag to go to Hebron (2Sa.1.1). During David's reign, some Benjamites and Manassites defected to him at Ziklag (1Ch.12.1,20). In the time of Nehemiah, Ziklag was reinhabited by the people of Judah (Neh.11.28). Its exact location is uncertain.

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Every mention

12 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
JoshuaChapter 15: 1 mentionChapter 19: 1 mention2 mentions
Joshua 15:31Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,Joshua 19:5Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah,
1 SamuelChapter 27: 1 mentionChapter 30: 3 mentions4 mentions
1 Samuel 27:6Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.1 Samuel 30:1When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire,1 Samuel 30:14We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”1 Samuel 30:26When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you from the plunder of Yahweh’s enemies.”
2 SamuelChapter 1: 1 mentionChapter 4: 1 mention2 mentions
2 Samuel 1:1After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag,2 Samuel 4:10when someone told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking that he brought good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.
1 ChroniclesChapter 4: 1 mentionChapter 12: 2 mentions3 mentions
1 Chronicles 4:30at Bethuel, at Hormah, at Ziklag,1 Chronicles 12:1Now these are those who came to David to Ziklag while he was a fugitive from Saul the son of Kish. They were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.1 Chronicles 12:20As he went to Ziklag, some from Manasseh joined him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands who were of Manasseh.
NehemiahChapter 11: 1 mention1 mention
Nehemiah 11:28in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns,

What the dictionary says

A town in the Negeb, or south country of Judah (Josh. 15:31), in the possession of the Philistines when David fled to Gath from Ziph with all his followers.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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