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The Philistine city given to David when he was running from Saul
NegevA town in the Negev that the Philistine king Achish of Gath gave to David while he was a fugitive from King Saul (1 Samuel 27:6). While David and his men were away, Amalekite raiders burned Ziklag and took everyone captive — including David's two wives. David pursued and recovered everything. Ziklag is where David received news of Saul and Jonathan's deaths.
1 Samuel
The Day Everything Burned
Ziklag is introduced as David's adopted home base — the one place his men and their families could live in relative safety during his years as a fugitive.
1 Samuel
When the Hero Goes Off-Script
Ziklag is the town Achish grants David — a remote Philistine outpost that becomes David's base of operations and, notably, the text records it remained Israelite royal property long after this episode.
1 Chronicles
The Army That Chose a Fugitive
Ziklag is David's wilderness refuge during his years as a fugitive, the unlikely base of operations where warriors from across Israel begin arriving to join a man with no palace and no crown.
1 Samuel
The Dismissal David Didn't See Coming
Ziklag is the Philistine town given to David as his base — the home he's returning to, and where a devastating crisis now waits for him.
2 Samuel
The Song Nobody Wanted to Sing
Ziklag is where David has just won a victory rescuing his people from Amalekite raiders — the site of his relief before devastating news arrives about the battlefield at Mount Gilboa.
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