1 Samuel 27:6
And he gave him Ziklag in that day: therefore Ziklag came into possession of the king of Judea to this day.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
7And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was four months.
Cross References
Joshua 15:31and Ziklag, and Macharim, and Sansannah,
1 Samuel 19:5And he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance; and all Israel saw, and rejoiced: why then dost thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
1 Samuel 30:14And we made an incursion on the south of the Cherethite, and on the parts of Judea, and on the south of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.
1 Chronicles 4:30and in Bethuel, and in Hormah, and in Ziklag,
1 Chronicles 12:20And some came to David from Manasseh, when the Philistines came against Saul to war: and he helped them not, because the captains of the Philistines took counsel, saying, With the heads of those men will he return to his master Saul.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 27:2-8
David Returns to Gath. ( b. c. 1055.) 1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. 2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man… Read the whole commentary →