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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
When You Come Home and Everything's Gone
Ziklag is the city David and his men are returning to after their dismissal from the Philistine campaign — the home they're about to find burned to the ground.
1 Samuel
Living on the DL in Enemy Territory
Ziklag is the town Achish awards to David as his base of operations, which becomes the staging ground for David's secret raids and, the narrator notes, a possession of Judah's kings ever after.
2 Samuel
When the Crown Hits the Ground
Ziklag is David's current base of operations — the Philistine-granted city where he has been living as a fugitive from Saul, and where he now receives the devastating news of the battle's outcome.
1 Chronicles
David's Army Was Lowkey Going Viral
Ziklag is David's unlikely headquarters during his years as a fugitive — a Philistine city where God begins assembling the army that will eventually crown David king over all Israel.
Joshua
Judah Gets the Map
Ziklag appears in Judah's southern town list as a named allotment — centuries later this same city will be the Philistine base where David takes refuge while hiding from Saul, giving the name a loaded future significance.
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