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Ziklag identified

Started by Dave Beatty, July 08, 2019, 05:15:10 PM

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Dave Beatty

Archaeologists say they have discovered the Philistine town of Ziklag where the future King David and 600 of his men hid out from Saul (1 Samuel 27:6 through 2 Samuel 2:2, 1 Chronicles 12:19 etc).

Prior to this some dozen sites were proposed as candidates.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-say-they-found-town-where-future-king-david-took-refuge-from-saul/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2019-07-08&utm_medium=email

Patrick Waterson

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