Topic
Ziklag
20 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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- Joshua 15:31Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave A city within the territory allotted to the tribe of Judah
And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
- 1 Samuel 27:6Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave David lives at
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
- Joshua 19:5Smith · ISBE · Nave Re-allotted to the tribe of Simeon
And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
- 2 Samuel 1:1Smith · ISBE · Nave David lives at
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
- 1 Chronicles 12:1Smith · ISBE · Nave David lives at
Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
- Nehemiah 11:28Smith · ISBE · Nave Inhabited by the returned exiles of Judah
And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
- 1 Samuel 30:14Smith · ISBE
We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
- 1 Samuel 30:26Smith · ISBE
¶ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;
- 2 Samuel 4:10Smith · ISBE
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
- 1 Chronicles 12:20Smith · ISBE
As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
- 1 Samuel 27:5Nave David lives at
¶ And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
- 1 Samuel 27:7Smith
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
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- 1 Samuel 30:1–31 Nave Amalekites destroy
- 1 Samuel 30:9 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 30:10 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 30:21 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 30:26–31 Easton
- 2 Samuel 1:1–16 Easton
- 2 Samuel 2:1 Smith
- 1 Chronicles 4:30 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 7 references
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. Achish, the king, assigned him Ziklag as his place of residence. There he dwelt for over a year and four months. From this time it pertained to the kings of Judah (1 Sam. 27:6). During his absence with his army to join the Philistine expedition against the Israelites (29:11), it was destroyed by the Amalekites (30:1, 2), whom David, however, pursued and utterly routed, returning all the captives (1 Sam. 30:26-31). Two days after his return from this expedition, David received tidings of the disastrous battle of Gilboa and of the death of Saul (2 Sam. 1:1-16). He now left Ziklag and returned to Hebron, along with his two wives, Ahinoam and Abigail, and his band of 600 men. It has been identified with ‘Asluj, a heap of ruins south of Beersheba. Conder, however, identifies it with Khirbet Zuheilikah, ruins found on three hills half a mile apart, some seventeen miles north-west of Beersheba, on the confines of Philistia, Judah, and Amalek.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 13 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 18 references
zik'-lag (tsiqelagh, tsiqelagh (2Sa 1:1), tsiqelagh (1Ch 12:1,20); usually in the Septuagint Sekelak, or Sikelag): A town assigned (Jos 19:5; 1Ch 4:30) to Simeon, but in Jos 15:31 named, between Hornah and Madmannah, as one of the cities of the Negeb of Judah, "toward the border of Edom." It is said (1Sa 27:6) to have remained a royal city. In Ne 11:28 it is in the list of towns reinhabited by the returning children of Judah. Its chief associations are with David. Achish the Philistine king of Gath gave it to David as a residence (1Sa 27:6 f; 1Ch 12:1,20); it was raided by the Amalekites, on whom David took vengeance and so recovered his property (1Sa 30:14,26); here the messenger who came to announce Saul's death was slain (2Sa 1:1; 4:10).
The site of this important place is not yet fixed with certainty; Conder proposed Zucheilika, a ruin 11 miles South-Southeast of Gaza, and 4 miles North of Wady es-Sheri'a, which may be the "Brook Besor" (1Sa 30:9,10,21); Rowland (1842) proposed `Asluj, a heap of ruins South of Beersheba and 7 miles to the East of Bered. Neither site is entirely satisfactory. See Williams, Holy City, I, 463-68; BR, II, 201, PEF, 288, Sh XX.
E. W. G. Masterman
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 8 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.