Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 27:6
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1 Samuel27:6
6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day .
Not onely to Inhabit, but to Possess it as his own. Which he did, to lay the greater obligations upon David, whom he knew so able to serve him.
It was given to the Tribe of Iudah before, Iosh. 15. 31. and afterwards to the Tribe of Simeon, Iosh. 19. 5. whose inheritance was given them within the [illegible: 1 word] of the children of Iudah, Chap. 19. 1▪ But the Philist[illegible: 1+ letters]nes kept the Possession of it till this time, and were hitherto [illegible: 1 word] to do so. And being now given by them to David, it now belonged not to the people of the Tribe of Iudah, to whom it was allotted before; but to the Ki[illegible: 1+ letters]g of Iudah, David and his Heirs for ever.
This, and some such Clauses seem to have been added by some Sacred Writers, after the main substance of the several Books was written.
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