...Ziklag...
Ziklag, a town on the southernmost boundary of Judea and was assigned to the tribe of Simeon but appears not to have been conquered by the Israelites before the time of David. Ziklag was still under Philistine control when Saul reigned as king.
David ruled over Ziklag for 16 months, during which he made the town his base of operations for military exploits against the Amalekites.
David was living in Ziklag when he received the news of Saul’s death (2 Samuel 4:10). After that, David moved to Hebron to become the king of Judah.
The exact location of Ziklag is debated. Some scholars associate it with Tell esh-Sharia, about 15 miles southeast of Gaza. Others pinpoint it at Tell el-Khuweilfeh, about 10 miles northeast of Beersheba.
Tell esh-Shari’a, recently identified as a more likely candidate for biblical Ziklag.
Ziklag remained in Israelite possession until the end of the monarchy and is last mentioned in the Bible as one of the cities inhabited by Jews after returning from exile in Babylon (Nehemiah 11:28).
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