³⁰ Bethuel, Hormah,^(A) Ziklag,^(B)

²⁸ in Ziklag,^(A) in Mekonah and its settlements,

Warriors Join David

12 These were the men who came to David at Ziklag,^(A) while he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the warriors who helped him in battle;

David Destroys the Amalekites

30 David and his men reached Ziklag^(A) on the third day. Now the Amalekites^(B) had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned^(C) it,

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