1 Samuel 27:6

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“That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.”

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BSBPD

“That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Achish giveth to him in that day Ziklag, therefore hath Ziklag been to the kings of Judah till this day.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Samuel 27:6 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 15:31Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
  2. Joshua 19:5Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,
  3. 1 Samuel 19:5He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
  4. 1 Samuel 30:1On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
  5. 1 Samuel 30:14We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
  6. 2 Samuel 1:1After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
  7. 1 Chronicles 4:30Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
  8. 1 Chronicles 12:1Now 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;
  9. 1 Chronicles 12:20When David went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.
  10. Nehemiah 11:28in Ziklag; in Meconah and its villages;

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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