Ziklag area

E406473

biblical site historical region

The Ziklag area is a historically significant region in the southern Levant, associated with ancient Israelite settlement and biblical narratives involving King David.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ziklag	1
Ziklag area canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical site ⓘ historical region ⓘ
associatedRuler	Achish king of Gath ⓘ King David ⓘ
associatedWith	King David ⓘ ancient Israelite settlement ⓘ
associatedWithTribe	Tribe of Judah ⓘ Tribe of Simeon ⓘ
biblicalEvent	Saul’s campaign against Amalek ⓘ surface form: Amalekite raid and burning of Ziklag David’s refuge under Philistine king Achish ⓘ Raiding of surrounding groups by David ⓘ Recovery of captives and spoil by David ⓘ
culturalContext	Israelites ⓘ surface form: Israelite Philistines ⓘ surface form: Philistine
geopoliticalRole	border region between Philistia and Judah ⓘ
hasFeature	proximity to Negev region ⓘ proximity to Philistine coastal plain ⓘ
historicalDiscipline	biblical archaeology ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Iron Age Levant ⓘ
languageContext	Hebrew ⓘ surface form: Biblical Hebrew
locatedIn	ancient Judah borderlands ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: southern Levant
mentionedIn	1 Samuel ⓘ surface form: Book of 1 Samuel 2 Samuel ⓘ surface form: Book of 2 Samuel Book of Joshua ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
modernScholarship	subject of debates on exact archaeological location ⓘ
nameAttestedAs	Ziklag area self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ziklag
partOf	Shephelah ⓘ surface form: Philistine–Israelite frontier zone
politicalStatus	Philistine-controlled city given to David ⓘ later integrated into Judahite territory ⓘ
possibleIdentification	Khirbet a-Ra‘i (proposed) ⓘ Tel Sera (proposed) ⓘ Tell esh-Sharia (proposed) ⓘ
regionType	borderland settlement zone ⓘ
religiousSignificance	site in narratives of David’s rise to kingship ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
scripturalTheme	conflict with Amalekites ⓘ divine protection of David ⓘ transition of David from outlaw to ruler ⓘ
sourceType	biblical narrative ⓘ
studiedBy	archaeologists ⓘ biblical scholars ⓘ
timeAssociatedWithDavid	period before David became king of Israel ⓘ
uncertainty	exact archaeological site not conclusively identified ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tribe of Simeon → traditionalTerritoryRegion → Ziklag area ⓘ

Ziklag area → nameAttestedAs → Ziklag area self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ziklag