King James Version
What Does 1 Samuel 27:6 Mean?
“Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.”
Context
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And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
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Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
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And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months. the time: Heb. the number of days a full year: Heb. a year of days
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And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. Gezrites: or, Gerzites
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(6) **Ziklag.**—In the days of Joshua this place fell to the lot of Simeon (Joshua 19:5). It was afterwards captured by the Philistines, not long before the time of David, and Keil thinks was left without inhabitants in consequence of this conquest. Its exact situation has never been clearly ascertained; it certainly lay far south, near the Amalekite borders.
**Wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.**—These words supply us with a double note of time in the question of the date of this First Book of Samuel. They tell us that it was cast in its present shape *after *the revolt of Jeroboam, and certainly *before *the days of the carrying away of Israel to Babylon.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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