1 Samuel 27:6-7

6 So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore ¹Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

7 The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was ²a year and four months.

1 Samuel 27:6-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 27

David, fearing he should perish by the hand of Saul at one time or another, went into the land of the Philistines, which Saul hearing of, sought no more after him, 1Sa 27:1-4; and finding favour in the eyes of the king of Gath, desired a place in his country might be given him to reside in; and accordingly Ziklag was given him, 1Sa 27:5-7; from whence he made excursions into the land of the Amalekites, and others, and utterly destroyed them; but imposed on the king of Gath, pretending he had made his road into the southern parts of Judah, 1Sa 27:8-12.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 15:31; Joshua 19:5; Nehemiah 11:28
• 2. 1 Samuel 29:3