1 Samuel 27:6

6 So on that day Achish gave him Ziklag, and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.

1 Samuel 27:6 in Other Translations

KJV
6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
ESV
6 So that day Achish gave him Ziklag. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
NLT
6 So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag (which still belongs to the kings of Judah to this day),
MSG
6 So Achish assigned him Ziklag. (This is how Ziklag got to be what it is now, a city of the kings of Judah.)
CSB
6 That day Achish gave Ziklag to him, and it still belongs to the kings of Judah today.

1 Samuel 27:6 In-Context

4 When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
5 Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be assigned to me in one of the country towns, that I may live there. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
6 So on that day Achish gave him Ziklag, and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.
7 David lived in Philistine territory a year and four months.
8 Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)

Cross References 1

  • 1. Joshua 15:31; Joshua 19:5; 1 Samuel 30:1; 1 Chronicles 12:20; Nehemiah 11:28
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