1 Samuel 27:6 - Easy To Read Version

⁶ That day Achish gave David the town of Ziklag. And Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Then Achish gave David the town of Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

Common English Bible

⁶ So Achish gave the town of Ziklag to David at that time. That’s why Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until now.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And so, Achish gave Ziklag to him on that day. And for this reason, Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah, even to this day.

1 Samuel 27:6 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:1

David went back to Ziklag after defeating the Amalekites. This was just after Saul had been killed. David had been there two days.

1 Chronicles 12:1

This is a list of the men who came to David while he was at Ziklag. This was when David was hiding from Saul son of Kish. These men helped David in battle.

1 Chronicles 12:20

These were the men from Manasseh that joined David when he went to the town of Ziklag: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. All of them were generals {\cf2\super [133]} from the family group of Manasseh.

1 Chronicles 4:30

Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

Nehemiah 11:28

and in Ziklag, in Meconah and the small towns around it,

Joshua 15:31

Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,

Joshua 19:5

Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah,

1 Samuel 19:5

David risked his life when he killed the Philistine (Goliath). The Lord won a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and you were happy. Why do you want to hurt David? He’s innocent. There is no reason to kill him!”

1 Samuel 27:5

David said to Achish, “If you are pleased with me, then give me a place in one of the country towns. I am only your servant. I should live there, not here with you in this royal city.”

1 Samuel 29:4

But the Philistine captains were angry with Achish. They said, “Send David back! David must go back to the city you gave him. He can’t go with us into battle. {If he is here} we will have an enemy in our own camp. He would make his king happy by killing our men.

1 Samuel 30:1

On the third day, David and his men arrived at Ziklag. They saw that the Amalekites had attacked Ziklag. The Amalekites invaded the Negev area. They attacked Ziklag and burned the city.

1 Samuel 30:14

We had attacked the Negev area where the Kerethites [216] live. We attacked the land of Judah, and in the Negev area where Caleb’s people live. We also burned Ziklag.”