1 Samuel 27:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Achish gave David the town of Ziklag that same day, and Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:1

Saul was dead. Meanwhile, David had defeated the Amalekites and returned to Ziklag.

1 Chronicles 12:1

Some time earlier, David had gone to live in the town of Ziklag to escape from King Saul. While David was there, several brave warriors joined him to help fight his battles.

1 Chronicles 12:20

That's when the following men from Manasseh joined him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. They had all been commanders in Saul's army

Nehemiah 11:28

Ziklag, Meconah,

1 Samuel 27:5

One day, David was talking with Achish and said, “If you are happy with me, then let me live in one of the towns in the countryside. I'm not important enough to live here with you in the royal city.”

1 Samuel 29:4

The Philistine army commanders were angry and shouted: Send David back to the town you gave him. We won't have him going into the battle with us. He could turn and fight against us! Saul would take David back as an officer if David brought him the heads of our soldiers.

1 Samuel 30:1

It took David and his men three days to reach Ziklag. But while they had been away, the Amalekites had been raiding in the desert around there. They had attacked Ziklag, burnt it to the ground,

1 Samuel 30:14

We had attacked some towns in the desert where the Cherethites live, in the area that belongs to Judah, and in the desert where the Caleb clan lives. And we burnt down Ziklag.”