SICELEG (Heb. Şiqlagh). - A city assigned to the tribe of Judah in the division of the Promised Land (Ios. 15, 31), then given to that of Simeon (ibid. 19, 5).
Saul (v.) it was in the power of the Philistine king Achis, David (v.) when he took refuge among the Philistines: in return he was to protect the territory from southern raiders and take part in Philistine wars. For this reason it subsequently remained “crown property” of the kings of Judah. David stayed there for 16 months (I Sam. 27, 5 sqq.), until it was set on fire by the Amalekites (ibid. 30, 1 sqq.).
The name (foreign?) has not survived in the local toponymy. It was identified by some with Şirbet Zubajliqah (18 km east-southeast of Gaza), which, however, is not situated in the Neghebh (Ios. 15, 31), but in the Šéphëlāh. After A. Alt, Tell el-Huwejifeh (c. 18 km north-northeast of Bersabea) is more readily accepted.