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 day.] Hungry Ziklag - augustia sextarii, so it signifieth, saith Pagnine - where David and his men were hard put to it for a poor subsistence; but it was fittest for his purpose, being an outter town, that he might forrage, and fetch in spoil undiscovered. And besides, it became a rendezvous for his friends out of Judea to resort unto him, as they did for his better advancement to the kingdom. 1 Chronicles 12:1 ; 1Ch 12:22 But it was impoliticly done of Achish to assign him to such a city as belonged to Judea, Jos 15:31 and bordered thereon.