Ziklag
settlement
Where it is
8 locations have been proposed, 44 km apart at the extremes. This atlas draws the first; the others are recorded here because the disagreement is real and is not ours to settle.
- Tell esh Sharia31.3912, 34.6816
- Tel Halif31.3833, 34.8656
- Tel Beer Sheva31.2447, 34.8408
- Khirbet a Ra’i31.5910, 34.8193
- Tel Masos31.2123, 34.9583
- Khirbet Zuheiliqah31.4380, 34.6452
- Tel Haror31.3821, 34.6065
- Tell Beit Mirsim31.4558, 34.9098
Where Scripture names it
13 verses in 5 books.
Nehemiah
Where this atlas draws it
2 pins across 2 chapters — this atlas’s own editorial choice, not a claim about the text.
- Ziklagmatched decided — 1 Samuel 27:6 — "That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah."