⁵ Then David said to Achish, “If ^(A)I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be given me in one of the country towns, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”

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

David Hears of Saul's Death

1 After the death of Saul, when David had returned ^(A)from striking down the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag.

The Mighty Men Join David

12 ^(A)Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he could not move about freely because of Saul the son of Kish. And they were among the mighty men who helped him in war.