Dict: smith - ZIKLAG

smith:

ZIKLAG - Z>@ - (winding), a place which possesses a special interest from its having been the residence and the private property of David. It is first mentioned in the catalogue of the towns of Judah in kjv@Joshua:15:31) and occurs, in the same connection among the places which were allotted out of the territory of Judah to Simeon. kjv@Joshua:19:5) We next encounter it in the possession of the Philistines ( kjv@1Samuel:27:6) when it was, at David’s request, bestowed upon him by Achish king of Gath. He resided there for a year and four months. ( kjv@1Samuel:27:6-7 kjv@1Samuel:30:14 kjv@1Samuel:30:26; kjv@1Chronicles:12:1-20) It was there he received the news of Saul’s death. (2 Samuel kjv@1:1; 4:10) He then relinquished it for Hebron. (2 Samuel kjv@2:1) Ziklag is finally mentioned as being reinhabited by the people of Judah after their return from captivity. kjv@Nehemiah:11:28) The situation of the town is difficult to determine, and we only know for certain that it was in the south country.