1 Samuel 14:2

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

1Now the day came that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was carrying his armor, “Come, and let’s cross over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father. Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree that is in Migron. And the people who were with him numbered about six hundred men; 3and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the Lord at Shiloh, was wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone. 4Now between the gorges by which Jonathan sought to cross over to the Philistines’ garrison there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side; and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other, Seneh.

1 Samuel 14:2 word by word

וְשָׁא֗וּל יוֹשֵׁב֙ בִּקְצֵ֣ה הַגִּבְעָ֔ה תַּ֥חַת הָרִמּ֖וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּמִגְר֑וֹן וְהָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִמּ֔וֹ כְּשֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear

• Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• was stayingיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• on the outskirtsקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
• Gibeahגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · GibeahH1390
• underתַּחַתtachath · underneath: underH8478
• the pomegranateרִמּוֹןrimmôn rimmôn · pomegranateH7416
• Migronמִגְרוֹןmigrôn · MigronH4051
• And the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 14:2

• 1 Samuel 13:15Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul counted the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
• Isaiah 10:28He has come against Aiath, He has passed through Migron; At Michmash he deposited his baggage.
• Judges 20:45The rest turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, but they caught five thousand of them on the roads and overtook them at Gidom, and killed two thousand of them.

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

Topics related to 1 Samuel 14:2

• Jonathan
• Migron
• Pomegranate
• Saul

In the dictionaries

• Gibeah
• Saul
• Paul, Saul
• Discomfiture
• Discover
• Enlighten
• Faulty
• Fight
• Flew
• Migron

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