It is not clear if David suggested Ziklag as an option in his request. In any case, he wanted to move to a smaller town where there was less scrutiny, a town which was far from Gath, so that Achish would be ignorant of his movements and actions.1
It is not clear if David suggested Ziklag as an option in his request. In any case, he wanted to move to a smaller town where there was less scrutiny, a town which was far from Gath, so that Achish would be ignorant of his movements and actions.1
5 Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be given me in one of the country towns, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”