And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;
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Gill's Exposition
And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah,.... Not daring to go out against the Philistines, but remained in the furthest part of Gibeah, at the greatest distance from the camp of the…
Barnes' Notes
Under a pomegranate - Compare 1Sa 22:6; Jdg 4:5. Saul was at the northern extremity of Gibeah, about an hour’s march from Geba, where Jonathan was. Migron, if the reading is correct, must be a…
Adam Clarke
Under a pomegranate tree - Under Rimmon, which not only signifies a pomegranate tree, but also a strong rock, in which six hundred Benjamites took shelter, Jdg 20:45. Probably it was in this very rock…
We must here take notice,
I. Of the goodness of God in restraining the Philistines, who had a vast army of valiant men in the field, from falling upon that little handful of timorous trembling people…
Cambridge Bible
the uttermost part of Gibeah Here at any rate Gibeahseems to denote a district. See note on 1Sa 10:5. Saul was stationed probably at the northern extremity of it, under " the pomegranate tree which is…