So Saul and his servant went up toward the city, and as they were entering it, there was Samuel coming toward them on his way up to the high place.
Here, I. Saul, by an ordinary enquiry, is directed to Samuel, Sa1 9:11-14. Gibeah of Saul was not twenty miles from Ramah where Samuel dwelt, and was near to Mizpeh where he often judged Israel, and yet, it seems, Saul had lived so very privately, and had taken so little notice of public affairs, that he had never seen Samuel, for when he met him...
Commenting on 1 Samuel 9:11-17
And they went up into the city,.... Saul and his servant went up the hill to the city of Ramah: and when they were come into the city; were within it, within the walls of it: behold, Samuel came out against them; came out of a door of his house upon them, just as they came up: or "to meet them" (i); his way to...
Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place--Such were the simple manners of the times that this prophet, the chief man in Israel, was seen going to preside at a high festival undistinguished either by his dress or equipage from any ordinary citizen.