And he did valiantly and struck the Amalekites and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them.
Here is a general account of Saul's court and camp. 1. Of his court and family, the names of his sons and daughters (Sa1 14:49), and of his wife and his cousin-german that was general of his army, Sa1 14:50. There is mention of another wife of Saul's (Sa2 21:8), Rizpah, a secondary wife, and of the children he had by her. 2. Of his camp and military actions.
Commenting on 1 Samuel 14:47-52
And he gathered an host,.... A large army; for after the battle with the Ammonites he disbanded his army, and sent them home, retaining only 3000 men, and these deserted him to six hundred, which were all the men he had with him, when he fought last with the Philistines; but now, finding he had enemies on every side of him, he gathered a numerous...
And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. (t) As the Lord had commanded, .