Ziklag is a region south of Judah, bordering the territory of the Edomites.
Joshua 15:21Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,
Joshua 15:31Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. All the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.
이곳은 시므온 지파에게 할당되었다.
Joshua 19:5Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages;
1 Chronicles 4:28at Bilhah, at Ezem, at Tolad,1 Chronicles 4:29at Bethuel, at Hormah, at Ziklag,1 Chronicles 4:30at Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until David’s reign.
사울(왕) 시기에는 블레셋의 가드 왕 아기스가 이곳을 다스렸는데, 망명을 온 다윗에게 주어 그들의 무리가 거주하도록 하였다.
1 Samuel 27:4David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”1 Samuel 27:5Then Achish gave him Ziklag) that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.1 Samuel 27:6The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
1 Chronicles 12:22These are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to Yahweh’s word.
1 Samuel 27:7David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.1 Samuel 27:8David struck the land, and saved no man or woman alive, and took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned, and came to Achish.1 Samuel 27:9Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”
이후 아말렉 족속이 이곳을 침략하여 불사르고 아내와 아이들을 잡아갔을 때에 다윗이 다시 공격하여 구출한 곳도 이곳이었다.
2 Samuel 1:1on the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the earth, and showed respect.2 Samuel 1:2David said to him, “Where do you come from?” He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”2 Samuel 1:3David said to him, “How did it go? Please tell me.” He answered, “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead. Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”2 Samuel 1:4David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”
이후 바벨론 포로 귀환기에 유다 지파의 자손들이 거한 곳 중 하나이기도 하였다.
Nehemiah 11:28in En Rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth,