To the top of the house – “On the top.” The bed on which Saul slept was on the top of the house. It is very common in the East to provide ex…

And they arose early. —The English translation of this verse is misleading. It should read as follows: And they arose early, n…

And they arose early
Neither of them being able to sleep, as Abarbinel supposes; not Samuel for thinking what he was…

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…