Ziklag in Biblical History

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What is Ziklag?
ZIK'LAG
(outpouring of a fountain?), a city in the South of Judah, Josh 15:31; afterward given to Simeon. Isa 19:5. It was at times held by the Philistines. Achish, king of Gath, gave it to David, and it subsequently belonged to Judah. Its chief interest is in connection with the life of David. 1 Sam 27:6; 1 Sam 30:1, 1 Sam 30:14, 1 Sam 30:26; 2 Sam 1:1; 2 Sam 4:10; 1 Chr 4:30; 1 Chr 12:1-20. It was also inhabited after the return from the Captivity. Neh 11:28. Wilton suggested its identification with 'Aslaj, or Kanluj, in a deep valley among the hills of the south country, some 12 miles south of Beer-sheba. Conder suggested its identification with Zaheilikah, 11 miles south of east from Gaza, and 19 miles south-west of Neit Jibrin. The site is in the open, rolling plain, some distance from the low, open hills of the Shefalah. The ruins occur on three small hills, in the form of an equilateral triangle, nearly half a mile apart. There is a number of ancient ruined cisterns, of which the stones have been removed and the sites ploughed over. Neither of the above has been accepted as the site of Ziklag.

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