1 Samuel 27:6

Hebrew Names Version

Then Akhish gave him Tziklag that day: why Tziklag pertains to the kings of Yehudah to this day.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
That day Achish gave Ziklag to him, and it still belongs to the kings of Judah today.

King James Version
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

Lexham English Bible
So Achish gave him Ziklag on that day. (Therefore, Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until this day.)

English Standard Version
So that day Achish gave him Ziklag. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

New Century Version
That day Achish gave David the town of Ziklag, and Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.

New English Translation
So Achish gave him Ziklag on that day. (For that reason Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until this very day.)

Amplified Bible
Then Achish gave David [the town of] Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

New American Standard Bible
So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Achish gaue him Ziklag that same day: therefore Ziklag pertaineth vnto the kings of Iudah vnto this day.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

Contemporary English Version
Achish gave David the town of Ziklag that same day, and Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.

Complete Jewish Bible
That very day Akhish gave him Ziklag, and that's why to this day Ziklag belongs to the kings of Y'hudah.

Darby Translation
And Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.

Easy-to-Read Version
That day Achish gave David the town of Ziklag. And Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.

George Lamsa Translation
Then Achish gave him Zinklag that day; therefore Zinklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.

Good News Translation
So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag, and for this reason Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.

Literal Translation
And Achish gave Ziklag to him in that day. Therefore, Ziklag has been counted to the kings of Judah until this day.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Achis gaue him Siclag the same daye. Therfore belongeth. Siclag to the kynges of Iuda vnto this daye.

American Standard Version
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

Bible in Basic English
So Achish straight away gave him Ziklag: and for that reason Ziklag has been the property of the kings of Judah to this day.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Achis gaue him Ziklag that same day, for which cause Ziklag pertayneth vnto the kinges of Iuda vnto this day.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day; wherefore Ziklag belongeth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

King James Version (1611)
Then Achish gaue him Ziklag that day: wherfore Ziklag pertaineth vnto the kings of Iudah vnto this day.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he gave him Sekelac in that day: therefore Sekelac came into possession of the king of Judea to this day.

English Revised Version
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

Berean Standard Bible
That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Achis yaf to hym Sichelech in that dai, for which cause Sichelech was maad in to the possessioun of the kyngis of Juda `til in to this dai.

Young's Literal Translation
And Achish giveth to him in that day Ziklag, therefore hath Ziklag been to the kings of Judah till this day.

Update Bible Version
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag pertains to the kings of Judah to this day.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth to the kings of Judah to this day.

World English Bible
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: why Ziklag pertains to the kings of Judah to this day.

New King James Version
So Achish gave him Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

New Living Translation
So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag (which still belongs to the kings of Judah to this day),

New Life Bible
So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag that day. Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

New Revised Standard
So that day Achish gave him Ziklag; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Achish gave him, on that day, Ziklag, - wherefore Ziklag hath pertained unto the kings of Judah, unto this day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Achis gave him Siceleg that day: for which reason Siceleg belongeth to the kings of Juda unto this day.

Revised Standard Version
So that day A'chish gave him Ziklag; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

THE MESSAGE
So Achish assigned him Ziklag. (This is how Ziklag got to be what it is now, a city of the kings of Judah.) David lived in Philistine country a year and four months.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

Contextual Overview

¹ David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Sha'ul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Pelishtim; and Sha'ul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Yisra'el: so shall I escape out of his hand. ² David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Akhish the son of Ma`okh, king of Gat. <sup>3</sup> David lived with Akhish at Gat, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Achino'am the Yizre`elite, and Avigayil the Karmelite, Naval's wife. ⁴ It was told Sha'ul that David was fled to Gat: and he sought no more again for him. ⁵ David said to Akhish, 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? ⁶ Then Akhish gave him Tziklag that day: why Tziklag pertains to the kings of Yehudah to this day. ⁷ The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Pelishtim was a full year and four months.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ziklag: Ziklag was at first given to the tribe of Judah, but was afterwards ceded to that of Simeon; but as it bordered on the Philistines, if they had ever been expelled, they had retaken it. Eusebius simply says it was situated in the south of Canaan. 1 Samuel 30:1, 1 Samuel 30:14, 1 Samuel 19:5, 2 Samuel 1:1, 1 Chronicles 4:30, 1 Chronicles 12:1, 1 Chronicles 12:20, Nehemiah 11:28

Reciprocal: Joshua 15:31 - Ziklag Joshua 19:5 - Ziklag

Cross-References

Genesis 25:28
Now Yitzchak loved Esav, because he ate his venison. Rivka loved Ya`akov.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day,.... A city which in the division of the land was given to the tribe of Judah, and after that to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 15:31; though it seems not to have been possessed by either of them, at least not long, but soon came into the hands of the Philistines, who kept it till this time, and now it returned to its right owners; according to Bunting g it was twelve miles from Gath:

wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day; not to the tribe of Judah, though it originally belonged to it, but to the kings of it, it, being granted to David, who quickly after this became king of Judah; and this was annexed to the crown lands, and ever after enjoyed by the kings, of the house of Judah; for this was not given for a temporary habitation, but for perpetual possession. This clause seems to be added by the continuator of this history, after the death of Samuel; who might be Gad or Nathan; some say Ezra, and Abarbinel that Jeremiah was the writer of it.

g Travels, &c. p. 136.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ziklag - This was properly one of the cities of Simeon within the tribe of Judah (marginal references), but it had been taken possession of by the Philistines. The exact situation of it is uncertain.

Unto this day - This phrase, coupled with the title the kings of Judah, implies that this was written after the revolt of Jeroboam, and before the Babylonian captivity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 27:6. Achish gave him Ziklag — Ziklag was at first given to the tribe of Judah, but afterwards it was ceded to that of Simeon, Joshua 15:31; Joshua 19:5. The Philistines had, however, made themselves masters of it, and held it to the time here mentioned; it then fell into the tribe of Judah again, and continued to be the property of the kings of Judah. This verse is a proof that this book was written long after the days of Samuel, and that it was formed by a later hand, out of materials which had been collected by a contemporary author. See the preface.