1 Samuel 27:6

Ziklag. An outpost which protected Gath.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ziklag - This was properly one of the cities of Simeon within the tribe of Judah (marginal references), but it had been taken possession of by th...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 27:1 to 1 Samuel 28:2 . David at Gath (J). Sequel to 1 Samuel 26:25 ( cf. 1 Samuel 21:10-15 ). 1 Samuel 27:1-6 . As a last res...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. Achish gave him Ziklag - Ziklag was at first...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ziklag— Ziklag was situated on the southern frontiers of Judah, not far from Hormah. See Joshua 15:30-31 . Le Clerc conjectures from this verse,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. Ziklag. Though originally assigned t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David flees to Gath, and obtains Ziklag from Achish 2. David's position now as the captain of 600 men was quite different from what it was in 1 S...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 befor...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXIII DAVID'S SECOND FLIGHT TO GATH. 1 Samuel 27:1-12 ; 1 Samuel 28:1-2 ; 1 Samuel 29:1-11 . WE are not prepared for the sad declin...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Substituting Policy for Trust 1 Samuel 27:1-12 David had every assurance that he would be king. From Samuel, Jonathan and Saul he had heard pre...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

David's sense of his danger increased until he became almost pessimistic, and he said in his heart, "I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul."...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(5) 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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day ,.... A city which in the division of the land was given to the tribe of Judah, and after that to the tribe of...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. Ver. 6. Then Achish gave him Ziklag that...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Achish gave him Ziklag Not only that he might inhabit it for the present, but possess it as his own in future. This Achish did, either out of his r...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

So soon after David's admirable moral victory in Chapter 26, it is sad to see his faith wavering in his decision "to escape to the land of the Philis...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Returns to Gath. B. C. 1055. 1 A...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Gave him Ziklag; not only to inhabit, but to possess it as his own; which he did, to lay the greater obligations upon David, whom he knew so able t...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 27:1 . “Saul shall despair,” or “desist from me.” “The idea of the word is, to give a thing up as imp...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 27:8 . The Geshurites. They were a branch of the Canaanites. Joshua 12:5 . Another branch of this people resided beyond the Jordan. 2Sa...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day. God’s restoring mercy Throughout that season of declension and relapse ( 1 Samuel 27:1-12 , Psalms 10:1-...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

DAVID FINDS A REFUGE AT ZIKLAG ( 1 Samuel 27:1-9 .). EXPOSITION DAVID AGAIN SEEKS PROTECTION AT GATH ( 1 Samuel 27:1-9 )....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David in Gath and Ziklag
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day, a city which had been apportioned to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 19:5 , but had evidently been taken by the Ph...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 12:1 ; 1 Chronicles 12:20 ; 1 Chronicles 4:30 ; 1 Samuel 19:5 ; 1 Samuel 30:1 ; 1 Samuel 30:14 ; 2 Samuel 1:1 ; Nehemiah 11:28
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Gave Ziklag — Not only to inhabit, but to possess it as his own. Which he did, to lay the greater obligations upon David, whom he knew so able to s...

⁶ Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 27:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 27:6