6 So on that day Achish gave him Ziklag, and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.

Other Translations of 1 Samuel 27:6

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

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

The Message

6 So Achish assigned him Ziklag. (This is how Ziklag got to be what it is now, a city of the kings of Judah.)

New King James Version

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

New Living Translation

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

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 27:6

Commentary on 1 Samuel 27:1-7

(Read 1 Samuel 27:1-7)

Unbelief is a sin that easily besets even good men, when without are fightings, and within are fears; and it is a hard matter to get over them. Lord, increase our faith! We may blush to think that the word of a Philistine should go further than the word of an Israelite, and that the city of Gath should be a place of refuge for a good man, when the cities of Israel refuse him a safe abode. David gained a comfortable settlement, not only at a distance from Gath, but bordering upon Israel, where he might keep up a correspondence with his own countrymen.