Berean Standard Bible
1 Samuel 14:2
2Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree1 in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,
1 Samuel 14:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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;
- New International Version (NIV)Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron. With him were about six hundred men,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah in the pomegranate cave at Migron. The people who were with him were about six hundred men,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Saul was sitting in the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron. The people who were with him were about six hundred men.
Context of 1 Samuel 14:2
1One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father. Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men, 3including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left. 4Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
Read all of 1 Samuel 141 Samuel 14:2 word by word
וְשָׁא֗וּל יוֹשֵׁב֙ בִּקְצֵ֣ה הַגִּבְעָ֔ה תַּ֥חַת הָרִמּ֖וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּמִגְר֑וֹן וְהָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִמּ֔וֹ כְּשֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear
- Meanwhile, Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
- was stayingיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- underתַּחַתtachath · underneath: underH8478
- the pomegranate treeרִמּוֹןrimmôn rimmôn · pomegranateH7416
- ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- in Migronמִגְרוֹןmigrôn · MigronH4051
- on the outskirtsקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
- of Gibeahגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · GibeahH1390
- And the troopsעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- with himעִם‛im · withH5973
- numbered about sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
- hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 14:2
- 1 Samuel 13:15Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
- Isaiah 10:28Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
- Judges 20:45Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 14:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Under a pomegranate tree - Under Rimmon, which not only signifies a pomegranate tree, but also a strong rock, in which six hundred Benjamites took shelter, Judges 20:45. Probably it was in this very rock that Saul and his six hundred men now lay hidden.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Under a pomegranate - Compare 1 Samuel 22:6; Judges 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 different place from the Migron of Isaiah 10:28.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2staying under: Saul does nothing while Jonathan takes action (see also 1 Samuel 22:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah--Hebrew, "Geba"; entrenched, along with Samuel and Ahiah the high priest, on the top of one of the conical or spherical hills which abound in the Benjamite territory, and favorable for an encampment, called Migron ("a precipice").Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. 1 Samuel 14:2 Or around the rock of Rimmon or in the pomegranate cave; see Judges 20:45, Judges 20:47, and Judges 21:13. ↩
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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