How to Pronounce Ziklag

What does Ziklag mean?

Ziklag means “measure pressed down”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Ziklag?

A town in the Negeb, or south country of Judah (Josh. 15:31), in the possession of the Philistines when David fled to Gath from Ziph with all his followers. Achish, the king, assigned him Ziklag as his place of residence. There he dwelt for over a year and four months. From this time it pertained to the kings of Judah (1 Sam. 27:6). During his absence with his army to join the Philistine expedition against the Israelites (29:11), it was destroyed by the Amalekites (30:1, 2), whom David, however, pursued and utterly routed, returning all the captives (1 Sam. 30:26-31).

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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