1 Samuel 14:2
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| Overview - 1 Samuel 14 | |
| 1 | Jonathan goes and miraculously smites the Philistine's garrison. |
| 15 | A divine terror makes them beat themselves. |
| 17 | Saul, not staying the priest's answer, sets on them. |
| 21 | The captivated Hebrews, and the hidden Israelites, join against them. |
| 24 | Saul's unadvised adjuration hinders the victory. |
| 31 | He restrains the people from eating blood. |
| 35 | He builds an altar. |
| 37 | Jonathan, taken by lot, is save by the people. |
| 47 | Saul's victories, strength, and family. |
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1 Samuel 14:2 (King James Version)
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;
- in the uttermost
- 1 Samuel 13:15 1 Samuel 13:16 Isaiah 10:28 Isaiah 10:29
- a pomegranate
- The word {rimmon,} in Arabic {romman,} whence the Portuguese {romaa,} denotes the pomegranate, both tree and fruit; called
- by naturalists {malus punica} or {malo-granatum.} It is, according to the Linnean system, a genus of the {icosandria monogynia} class of plants; and is a low tree, growing very common in Palestine, and other parts of the East. It has several small angular boughs, very thick and bushy, covered with a reddish bark, and some of them armed with sharp thorns. They are garnished with small, narrow, spear-shaped leaves, like those of the myrtle, but not so sharp, of a green colour, inclining to red. Its blossoms are large, beautiful, of an elegant red colour, inclining to purple, composed of several stalks resembling a rose, in the hollow of the cup: this cup is oblong, hard, purple, having a figure somewhat like that of a bell. It is chiefly valued for its fruit, which is exceedingly beautiful, of the form and size of a large apple, with a reddish rind, and red within; being full of small kernels, with red grains, replenished with a generous liquor, of which, Sir John Chardin informs us, they still make considerable quantities of wine in the East, particularly in Persia. But as the pomegranate tree, from its low growth, is but little adapted for pitching a tent under, it is probable that Rimmon here is the name of the rock mentioned in Judges 20:45 .