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A Court, Not a Grove
Commentators clarify that Saul was not in the town of Ramah, but on a 'high place' (the meaning of 'baramah' here) in his royal city of Gibeah. He was holding an official council, described as a kind of 'parliament in the open air,' under a specific tamarisk tree, not just in a generic grove.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 22:6
18th Century
Theologian
Under a tree in Ramah - Rather, it was “under the tamarisk-tree on the high place,” where he always held such meetings. It was a kind of par…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 22:6
19th Century
Bishop
When Saul heard. — No note of time is given here. Probably the return of David with a disciplined force to the land, and …
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 22:6
17th Century
Pastor
When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that
[were] with him
That it w…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 22:6–19
17th Century
Minister
Observe the nature of jealous malice and its contemptible schemes. Saul considers everyone around him his enemies because they do not simply agree …