And when they were come down. —After the public sacrificial meal at which such notable honors were shown to the Benjamite…

And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! Set it before you, and eat; for until this time has it been kept for you since I said, I have invit…

And when they came down from the high place into the city ,
&c.] After the feast was ended; and though Ramah itself …

Samuel, that good prophet, was so far from envying Saul or bearing him any ill-will, that he was the first and most eager to do him honour. Both th…