Instead of “the ark,” some scholars read “the ephod,” due to the improbability that the ark was with Saul at this time. This reading is also suppor…

And Saul said to Ahiah ... —The Septuagint renders here, “And Saul said to Ahijah, Bring hither the ephod; for he bore the ephod i…

And Saul said to Ahiah, bring here the ark of the Lord ,
&c.] That he, the high priest, might put on the ephod, with…

The Philistines were, by the power of God, set against one another. The more evident it was that God did all, the more reason Saul had to inquire w…