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Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him: now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk-tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
When Saul heard. — No note of time is given here. Probably the return of David with a disciplined force to the land, and …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that [were] with him That it w…
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