Ziklag
    a town in the Negeb, or south country of Judah (Josh. 15:31), in
    the possession of the Philistines when David fled to Gath from
    Ziph with all his followers. Achish, the king, assigned him
    Ziklag as his place of residence. There he dwelt for over a year
    and four months. From this time it pertained to the kings of
    Judah (1 Sam. 27:6). During his absence with his army to join
    the Philistine expedition against the Israelites (29:11), it was
    destroyed by the Amalekites (30:1, 2), whom David, however,
    pursued and utterly routed, returning all the captives (1 Sam.
    30:26-31). Two days after his return from this expedition, David
    received tidings of the disastrous battle of Gilboa and of the
    death of Saul (2 Sam. 1:1-16). He now left Ziklag and returned
    to Hebron, along with his two wives, Ahinoam and Abigail, and
    his band of 600 men. It has been identified with 'Asluj, a heap
    of ruins south of Beersheba. Conder, however, identifies it with
    Khirbet Zuheilikah, ruins found on three hills half a mile
    apart, some seventeen miles north-west of Beersheba, on the
    confines of Philistia, Judah, and Amalek.



 Ziklag, measure pressed down