When they had come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 25. House, probably giving him some instructions respecting his future dignity.—As he, and so forth This seems to be a second translation of the former sentence, taken from the Septuagint It is omitted in several Latin MSS. Calmet.—Septuagint “and he went down from the Bama (perhaps “the steps” or high places, where the sacrifice and feast had been celebrated) into the city; and they made a bed for Saul, on the house top; and he lay down, (26) and when the day dawned, Samuel,” and so forth The roofs are flat in those countries, and such an airy situation would be most agreeable in such hot climates. Bible.—The common people, generally, only spread a mat on the ground, and covered themselves with a sheet; to take their rest, either under a gallery, or in the open air. Homer places his strangers, with their upon the ground under the gallery, which was erected before the house. Aristophanes (in Vespis) mentions the custom of sleeping on the house top. See 2 Kennicott. 16:22. Calmet.—Saul had not been educated with the greatest delicacy. Menochius.