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1 Samuel 27:6 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 27 · verse 6
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.1 Samuel 27:6 · King James Version
1 Samuel 27:6 in context
4And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
5And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
6Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
7And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
8And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AchishʼĂkîyshAkish, a Philistine kingH397 →
- ZiklagTsiqlagTsiklag or Tsikelag, a place in PalestineH6860 →
- kingsmeleka kingH4428 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- gavenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- dayyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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Here is, I. The prevalency of David's fear, which was the effect of the weakness of his faith (Sa1 27:1): He said to his heart (so it may be read), in his communings with it concerning his present condition, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7