In thickets - This literally means “among thorns.”

High places - This does not refer to the high places for worship, but to hol…

Saw that they were in a strait. —It was evidently no ordinary Philistine foray or invasion which the Israelites had to resist. The…

When the men of Israel saw they were in a strait, for the
people were distressed
By r…

Saul reigned one year, and nothing particular happened; but in his second year, the events recorded in this chapter took place. For more than a yea…