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With him were about six hundred men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Meanwhile, Saul and his 600 men were camped on the outskirts of Gibeah, around the pomegranate tree at Migron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_samuel/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah in the pomegranate cave at Migron. The people who were with him were about six hundred men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which <i>is</i> in Migron: and the people that <i>were</i> with him <i>were</i> about six hundred men;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Saul was sitting in the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which <i>is</i> in Migron. The people who <i>were</i> with him <i>were</i> about six hundred men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree that is in Migron. And the people who <i>were</i> with him <i>numbered</i> about six hundred men;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron. And the people who were with him were about six hundred men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron. And the people who <i>were</i> with him <i>were</i> about six hundred men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron. And the people who <i>were</i> with him <i>were</i> about six hundred men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron; and with him were about six hundred men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. The troops with him numbered about six hundred.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. The troops with him numbered about 600.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Saul abode in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate-tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Saul abode in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree at Migron. He had with him about 600 men<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />who was camping under a pomegranate tree in Migron, not far from Gibeah; he had about six hundred men with him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Saul was sitting on the outskirts of Geba under the pomegranate tree which was at Migron, and with him were about 600 men. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now Saul was sitting under a pomegranate tree in Migron, on the outskirts of Gibeah. The army that was with him numbered about six hundred men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now Saul stayed in the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree by the threshing floor, and the people who were with him were about six hundred men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Saul stayed in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron; and the people who were with him were about six hundred men, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Saul is abiding at the extremity of Gibeah, under the pomegranate which [is] in Migron, and the people who [are] with him [are] about six hundred men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Saul is abiding at the extremity of Gibeah, under the pomegranate which is in Migron, and the people who are with him, about six hundred men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Saul dwelt in the extremity of the hill under the pomegranate which is in the precipice. And the people that were with him, about six hundred men.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Saul abode in the uttermost part of Gabaa under the pomegranate tree, which was in Magron: and the people with him were about six hundred men. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Moreover, Saul was staying in the furthermost part of Gibeah, below the pomegranate tree that was at Migron. And the people with him were about six hundred men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Saul was sitting under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah; with him were about six hundred men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree that is at Migron; the troops that were with him were about six hundred men,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Saul was staying in the outskirts of Ramtha under the pomegranate tree which is in Gibeon; and the people who were with him were about six hundred men;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Shaul dwelt at the end of Ramtha under a pomegranate tree that was in Gebuun, and the people were with him, about six hundred men<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate-tree which is in Migron; and the people that were with him were about six hundred men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Saul sat on the top of the hill under the pomegranate tree that is in Magdon, and there were with him about six hundred men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/14-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=3396" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/14.htm">Jonathan's Victory over the Philistines</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7586.htm" title="7586: wə·šā·’ūl (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Passive participle of sha'al; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites.">Meanwhile, Saul</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·wō·šêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">was staying</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ta·ḥaṯ (Prep) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">under</a> <a href="/hebrew/7416.htm" title="7416: hā·rim·mō·wn (Art:: N-ms) -- A pomegranate. Or rimmon; from ramam; a pomegranate, the tree or the fruit.">the pomegranate tree</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4051.htm" title="4051: bə·miḡ·rō·wn (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- An area near Gibeah, also a place N. of Michmash. From magar; precipice; Migron, a place in Palestine.">in Migron</a> <a href="/hebrew/7097.htm" title="7097: biq·ṣêh (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- End, extremity. Or qetseh; from qatsah; an extremity.">on the outskirts</a> <a href="/hebrew/1390.htm" title="1390: hag·giḇ·‘āh (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- Hill, three cities in Pal. The same as gib'ah; Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine.">of Gibeah.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: wə·hā·‘ām (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">And the troops</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who were</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with him</a> <a href="/hebrew/8337.htm" title="8337: kə·šêš (Prep-k:: Number-fs) -- Masculine shishshah; a primitive number; six (see suws) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. Sixth.">numbered about six</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’ō·wṯ (Number-fp) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">hundred</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">men,</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/13-15.htm">1 Samuel 13:15-16</a></span><br />Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men. / Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/22-1.htm">1 Samuel 22:1-2</a></span><br />So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there. / And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/10-8.htm">1 Samuel 10:8</a></span><br />And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-34.htm">1 Samuel 15:34</a></span><br />Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/28-4.htm">1 Samuel 28:4</a></span><br />The Philistines gathered together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/31-1.htm">1 Samuel 31:1-2</a></span><br />Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa. / The Philistines hotly pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/2-8.htm">2 Samuel 2:8-9</a></span><br />Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim, / and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/5-17.htm">2 Samuel 5:17</a></span><br />When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/20-47.htm">Judges 20:47</a></span><br />But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/7-2.htm">Judges 7:2-3</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’ / Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the men: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-3.htm">1 Kings 19:3-4</a></span><br />And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, / while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/6-8.htm">2 Kings 6:8</a></span><br />Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/13-7.htm">2 Kings 13:7</a></span><br />Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/27-3.htm">Psalm 27:3</a></span><br />Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Isaiah 10:20-22</a></span><br />On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. / A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the Mighty God. / Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;</p><p class="hdg">in the uttermost</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/13-15.htm">1 Samuel 13:15,16</a></b></br> And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people <i>that were</i> present with him, about six hundred men… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-28.htm">Isaiah 10:28,29</a></b></br> He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: … </p><p class="hdg">a pomegranate.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/20-45.htm">Judges 20:45</a></b></br> And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/16-12.htm">Abiding</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-16.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/joshua/18-15.htm">Extreme</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-27.htm">Extremity</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-15.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-28.htm">Migron</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-27.htm">Outskirts</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-3.htm">Part</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-8.htm">Pomegranate</a> <a href="/joel/1-12.htm">Pomegranate-Tree</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-1.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-15.htm">Six</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-16.htm">Staying</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-8.htm">Tarried</a> <a href="/judges/9-37.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/joshua/18-16.htm">Uttermost</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-16.htm">Waiting</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/22-6.htm">Abiding</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-4.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-19.htm">Extreme</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-5.htm">Extremity</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-4.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-28.htm">Migron</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-5.htm">Outskirts</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-21.htm">Part</a> <a href="/songs/4-3.htm">Pomegranate</a> <a href="/joel/1-12.htm">Pomegranate-Tree</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-16.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-4.htm">Six</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-3.htm">Staying</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-1.htm">Tarried</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-6.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-24.htm">Uttermost</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-21.htm">Waiting</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-1.htm">Jonathan goes and miraculously smites the Philistine's garrison</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-15.htm">A divine terror makes them beat themselves</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-17.htm">Saul, not staying the priest's answer, sets on them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-21.htm">The captivated Hebrews, and the hidden Israelites, join against them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-24.htm">Saul's unadvised adjuration hinders the victory</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-31.htm">He restrains the people from eating blood</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-35.htm">He builds an altar</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-37.htm">Jonathan, taken by lot, is save by the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-47.htm">Saul's victories, strength, and family</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The pomegranate tree is often associated with abundance and fertility in the Bible, but here it may symbolize a lack of decisive leadership. Saul's inactivity contrasts with Jonathan's proactive faith in the preceding verses. The pomegranate tree could also suggest a place of shade and rest, indicating Saul's hesitance or indecision during a critical time.<p><b>in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah.</b><br>Migron is a location near Gibeah, Saul's hometown and the center of his early reign. The mention of Migron provides a geographical context, suggesting a strategic position near the Philistine threat. Gibeah, meaning "hill," was a significant location in Saul's life, serving as his base of operations. The proximity to Gibeah highlights Saul's connection to his roots and the tribal lands of Benjamin, emphasizing the local nature of his kingship at this point.<p><b>And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,</b><br>The number six hundred is significant, as it reflects a small, perhaps insufficient, force compared to the Philistine army. This detail underscores the dire situation Israel faced and Saul's limited resources. The number also recalls previous instances in Israel's history where God delivered His people despite overwhelming odds, such as Gideon's three hundred men. This sets the stage for a demonstration of God's power and the importance of faith over numbers, a recurring theme in the biblical narrative.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul</a></b><br>The first king of Israel, anointed by the prophet Samuel. At this point in the account, Saul is leading Israel against the Philistines.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/gibeah.htm">Gibeah</a></b><br>A town in the territory of Benjamin, often associated with Saul as it was his hometown and the location of his royal residence.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/pomegranate_tree.htm">Pomegranate Tree</a></b><br>A specific location under which Saul was staying. The pomegranate tree may symbolize abundance and fertility, but here it serves as a marker of Saul's inactivity.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/migron.htm">Migron</a></b><br>A location near Gibeah, possibly a strategic military position or a place of encampment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/six_hundred_men.htm">Six Hundred Men</a></b><br>The number of soldiers with Saul, indicating a small force compared to the Philistine army, highlighting the dire situation Israel faced.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_in_crisis.htm">Leadership in Crisis</a></b><br>Saul's position under the pomegranate tree symbolizes a lack of decisive leadership. In times of crisis, leaders are called to be proactive and seek God's guidance rather than remain passive.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_inactivity.htm">Spiritual Inactivity</a></b><br>Just as Saul was physically inactive, believers must guard against spiritual inactivity. We are called to be vigilant and active in our faith, especially when facing challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a></b><br>Despite the small number of men with Saul, God's past deliverances remind us that victory does not depend on numbers but on God's power and presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_pomegranate.htm">Symbolism of the Pomegranate</a></b><br>While the pomegranate often symbolizes abundance, Saul's inactivity under the tree serves as a reminder that true abundance comes from obedience to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Saul's earlier disobedience set the stage for his current predicament. Obedience to God's commands is crucial for His favor and guidance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_jonathan_defeat_20_philistines.htm">How could Jonathan and his armor-bearer realistically defeat twenty Philistine warriors in such a small area (1 Samuel 14:12–14)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_king_saul_die.htm">How did King Saul die? (1 Samuel 31:4-6 vs. 2 Samuel 1:8-10)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_chr_14_8-17_and_2_sam_5.htm">1 Chronicles 14:8-17 - How do we reconcile any discrepancies between this account of David's battles with the Philistines and the parallel text in 2 Samuel 5?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_killed_saul__himself_or_amalekite.htm">Who killed Saul? Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.... Thus Saul died... (I Samuel 31:4-6) An Amalekite slew him (2 Samuel 1:1- 16)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Under a pomegranate tree.</span>--The love of Saul for trees, which was so common among the children of Israel, has been noticed. (See again 1 Samuel 22, <a href="/1_samuel/14-6.htm" title="And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.">1Samuel 14:6</a>. The king is spoken of as under the tamarisk of Ramali; Deborah is specially mentioned as judging Israel under the palm-tree in Beth-el.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah.</span> <span class="accented">I.e.</span> the part nearest Geba. <span class="cmt_word">Under</span>, not <span class="cmt_word">a</span>, but <span class="accented">the<span class="cmt_word"></span> pomegranate tree</span>, the well known tree at Migron. Saul evidently shared to the full in the love of trees common among the Israelites (see <a href="/1_samuel/22-6.htm">1 Samuel 22:6</a>). The Hebrew word for pomegranate is Rimmon, but there is no doubt that the tree is here meant, and not the rock Rimmon (<a href="/judges/20-45.htm">Judges 20:45, 47</a>), so called probably from a fancied resemblance to the fruit. <span class="cmt_word">Migron</span>, said to mean a <span class="accented">cliff</span> was apparently a common name for localities in this mountainous district, as in <a href="/isaiah/10-28.htm">Isaiah 10:28</a> we read of one lying to the north of Michmash, whereas this is to the south. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/14-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Meanwhile, Saul</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁא֗וּל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·’ūl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7586.htm">Strong's 7586: </a> </span><span class="str2">Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was staying</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹשֵׁב֙</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wō·šêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">under</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּ֥חַת</span> <span class="translit">(ta·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bottom, below, in lieu of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the pomegranate tree</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִמּ֖וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rim·mō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7416.htm">Strong's 7416: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pomegranate, the tree, the fruit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Migron</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמִגְר֑וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(bə·miḡ·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4051.htm">Strong's 4051: </a> </span><span class="str2">Migron -- an area near Gibeah, also a place North of Michmash</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the outskirts</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּקְצֵ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(biq·ṣêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7097.htm">Strong's 7097: </a> </span><span class="str2">End, extremity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Gibeah.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגִּבְעָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hag·giḇ·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1390.htm">Strong's 1390: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gibeah -- 'hill', three cities in Palestine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And the troops</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָעָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who [were]</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with him</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמּ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">numbered about six</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּשֵׁ֥שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(kə·šêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8337.htm">Strong's 8337: </a> </span><span class="str2">Six (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hundred</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵא֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hundred</span><br /><br /><span class="word">men,</span><br /><span class="heb">אִֽישׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/14-2.htm">1 Samuel 14:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/14-2.htm">1 Samuel 14:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/14-2.htm">1 Samuel 14:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/14-2.htm">1 Samuel 14:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/14-2.htm">1 Samuel 14:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/14-2.htm">1 Samuel 14:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/14-2.htm">1 Samuel 14:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/14-2.htm">1 Samuel 14:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/14-2.htm">1 Samuel 14:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/14-2.htm">1 Samuel 14:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/14-2.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 14:2 Saul abode in the uttermost part (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/14-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 14:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 14:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/14-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 14:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 14:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>