6 So on that day Achish gave him Ziklag, and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.
6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
6 So that day Achish gave him Ziklag. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
6 So Achish assigned him Ziklag. (This is how Ziklag got to be what it is now, a city of the kings of Judah.)
6 So Achish gave him Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
6 So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag (which still belongs to the kings of Judah to this day),
7 David lived in Philistine territory a year and four months.
7 And the time
7 And the number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
7 David lived in Philistine country a year and four months.
7 Now the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was one full year and four months.
7 and they lived there among the Philistines for a year and four months.
(Read 1 Samuel 27:1-7)
Unbelief is a sin that easily besets even good men, when without are fightings, and within are fears; and it is a hard matter to get over them. Lord, increase our faith! We may blush to think that the word of a Philistine should go further than the word of an Israelite, and that the city of Gath should be a place of refuge for a good man, when the cities of Israel refuse him a safe abode. David gained a comfortable settlement, not only at a distance from Gath, but bordering upon Israel, where he might keep up a correspondence with his own countrymen.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 27:6
Commentary on 1 Samuel 27:1-7
(Read 1 Samuel 27:1-7)
Unbelief is a sin that easily besets even good men, when without are fightings, and within are fears; and it is a hard matter to get over them. Lord, increase our faith! We may blush to think that the word of a Philistine should go further than the word of an Israelite, and that the city of Gath should be a place of refuge for a good man, when the cities of Israel refuse him a safe abode. David gained a comfortable settlement, not only at a distance from Gath, but bordering upon Israel, where he might keep up a correspondence with his own countrymen.