- ZIF brightness; splendour; i.e., “the flower month,” mentioned only in 1
Kings 6:1, 37, as the “second month.” It was called Iyar by the later Jews.
(See MONTH.) - ZIHA drought. (1.) The name of a family of Nethinim (Ezra 2:43;
Nehemiah 7:46). (2.) A ruler among the Nethinim (Nehemiah 11:21). - ZIKLAG a town in the Negeb, or south country of Judah (Joshua 15:31),
in the possession of the Philistines when David fled to Gath from Ziph
with all his followers. Achish, the king, assigned him Ziklag as his place of
residence. There he dwelt for over a year and four months. From this time
it pertained to the kings of Judah (1 Samuel 27:6). During his absence with
his army to join the Philistine expedition against the Israelites (29:11), it
was destroyed by the Amalekites (30:1, 2), whom David, however,
pursued and utterly routed, returning all the captives (1 Samuel 30:26-31).
Two days after his return from this expedition, David received tidings of
the disastrous battle of Gilboa and of the death of Saul (2 Samuel 1:1-16).
He now left Ziklag and returned to Hebron, along with his two wives,
Ahinoam and Abigail, and his band of 600 men. It has been identified with
‘Asluj, a heap of ruins south of Beersheba. Conder, however, identifies it
with Khirbet Zuheilikah, ruins found on three hills half a mile apart, some
seventeen miles north-west of Beersheba, on the confines of Philistia,
Judah, and Amalek. - ZILLAH shadow, one of the wives of Lamech, of the line of Cain, and
mother of Tubal-cain (Genesis 4:19, 22). - ZILPAH drooping, Leah’s handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher
(Genesis 30:9-13). - ZILTHAI shadow (i.e., protection) of Jehovah. (1.) A Benjamite (1
Chronicles 8:20). (2.) One of the captains of the tribe of Manasseh who
joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:20). - ZIMMAH mischief. (1.) A Gershonite Levite (1 Chronicles 6:20).
(2.) Another Gershonite Levite (1 Chronicles 6:42).
(3.) The father of Joah (2 Chronicles 29:12).