Bible Strands
Joshua 15:31
Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua records the geographic boundaries assigned to the tribe of Judah during the initial distribution of the Promised Land. The text functions as a territorial inventory within a larger covenantal land grant.
The words — צִקְלַ֥ג (tziklag) appears as a proper noun denoting a specific settlement in the southern allotment. The Hebrew form carries no etymological gloss in the list, marking it strictly as a place name.
The thread — The location reappears when Achish grants it to David (1 Samuel 27:6), when Amalekites raid it (1 Samuel 30:1), and when it surfaces in the tribal boundaries of Simeon (Joshua 19:5).
Why it lands — The verse requires readers to treat tribal inheritance as documented geography rather than abstract promise. It forces attention to how specific towns shifted in control across Israel’s political and military history.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 27:6 That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
- 1 Samuel 30:1 On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
- Joshua 19:5 Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,
- 1 Chronicles 12:1 Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;