Ziklag

Ziklag is a settlement named in 13 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Tell esh Sharia (medium confidence; 7 other proposals below).

Location

Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.

Verses

Joshua

• Joshua 15:31
  And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
• Joshua 19:5
  And Ziklag, and Beth–marcaboth, and Hazar–susah,Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 27:6
  Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
• 1 Samuel 30:1
  And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
• 1 Samuel 30:3
  So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
• 1 Samuel 30:14
  We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
• 1 Samuel 30:26
  And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord;When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 1:1
  Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
• 2 Samuel 4:10
  When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 4:30
  And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
• 1 Chronicles 12:1
  Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;
• 1 Chronicles 12:20
  As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.When David went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 11:28
  And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,in Ziklag; in Meconah and its villages;

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.