Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 14:2

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;

2. the uttermost part of Gibeah ] Here at any rate Gibeah seems 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 in Migron.” So we find him afterwards “under the tamarisk in Gibeah” (1Sa 22:6). Migron cannot be the place mentioned in Isa 10:28, which was north of Michmash. The name means precipice, and probably occurred frequently in this rocky region.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Under a pomegranate – Compare 1Sa 22:6; Jdg 4:5. Saul was at the northern extremity of Gibeah, about an hours march from Geba, where Jonathan was.

Migron, if the reading is correct, must be a different place from the Migron of Isa 10:28.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

Verse 2. 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 that Saul and his six hundred men now lay hidden.

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible

In the uttermost part of Gibeah; in the outworks of the city, where he had intrenched himself to observe the motion of the Philistines.

In Migron, or towards (as the Hebrew beth is oft used) Migron, which was another place, but near Gibeah. See Isa 10:28.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

2. Saul tarried in the uttermostpart of GibeahHebrew, “Geba”; entrenched,along with Samuel and Ahiah the high priest, on the top of one of theconical or spherical hills which abound in the Benjamite territory,and favorable for an encampment, called Migron (“a precipice”).

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 Philistines, in the strongest part of the city, or deeply entrenched in the outer, part of it in the field:

under a pomegranate tree; where were his headquarters; his tent or pavilion was erected under a large spreading pomegranate, which protected him from the heat of the sun: or

under Rimmon; the rock Rimmon; under the shelter of that, and in the caverns of it; where a like number of Benjaminites he now had with him formerly hid themselves, Jud 20:47

which is in Migron; a part of Gibeah, or rather of the field of Gibeah, so called; for near it it certainly was; and is also mentioned along with Michmash, and as lying in the way of the march of Sennacherib king of Assyria, to Jerusalem, Isa 10:28

and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; which is observed to show that no addition was made to his little army; it was the same it was when he came thither, the people did not flock to his assistance, being in fear of the army of the Philistines, which was so powerful; see 1Sa 13:15.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(2) Under a pomegranate tree.The love of Saul for trees, which was so common among the children of Israel, has been noticed. (See again 1 Samuel 22, 1Sa. 14:6. The king is spoken of as under the tamarisk of Ramali; Deborah is specially mentioned as judging Israel under the palm-tree in Beth-el.)

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

2. The uttermost part of Gibeah The outskirts of the city, or, as Keil supposes; the extreme northern end.

Migron This place must have been in the immediate vicinity of Gibeah, but its exact position is unknown. The Migron of Isa 10:28 seems to have been north of the Wady es-Suweinit, and, if so, must have been a different place from this.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1Sa 14:2. A pomegranate tree, &c. A grove of pomegranate trees, [Hiller. 144.] which is by Migron.

Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke

(2) 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; (3) And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’S priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

Though Saul was thus reduced to the lowest state, and his fears were now visible, in taking shelter under a tree, instead of facing the enemy, yet we find no humblings of soul. He doth not send for Samuel, but Ahiah. He will not indeed again invade the priest’s office, but calls for the priest of the Lord, and the Ark: but alas! there is no saving change made upon him. Though he hath the Ark of the divine presence with him, yet he finds no strength nor confidence in the presence of the Lord. Alas! outward services of worship without inward grace, only tend to keep the heart from God, and do not lead to God.

Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

1Sa 14:2 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;

Ver. 2. And Saul tarried. ] In his fastness; observing the enemies’ motions, but unable to encounter them.

Under a pomegranate tree. ] Or, Under Rimmon, a place so called from the store of pomegranates there growing: as Granata, a chief city in Spain, is to this day, a malogranatorum copia vel figura.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)