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Josh. xix. 5.ZIKLAG, or Siceleg, a City that Achish King of Gath gave to David,1 while he took shelter in the Land of the Philistines, and which after that time always remained as a Domain to the Kings of Judah. The Amalekites took it, and plundered it, in the absence of David. Joshua had allotted it to the Tribe of Simeon. Eusebius says it lay in the Southren Part of the Land of Canaan. The Hebrews call it Tziklag.2
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