He brought up the bones of Saul, &c. From under the tree where they were buried in Jabesh, 1 Samuel 31:13. They gathered the bones of them that were hanged Having first burned off the flesh which remained upon them: or, perhaps, this was done some time after they were taken down, when nothing but bones remained; and then they had all seven an honourable interment. The bones of Saul and Jonathan Together with those now mentioned. And after that After those things were done which were before related; that is, after they were hanged up; for by that God was pacified, and not by the burial. God was entreated When satisfaction was given to the Gibeonites, God restored plenty to the country.
2 Samuel 21:13. Three of the thirty chief Mentioned afterward: three captains over the thirty. Came to David in the harvest-time Or rather, as the Hebrew is, at harvest. That is, saith Abarbinel, the Philistines came to destroy the fruits of the earth, that they might famish the Israelites: whereupon David raised an army to protect and defend them in reaping of their harvest, when they went about it. Unto the cave of Adullam Where he had hid himself under the persecution of Saul; and where he now fortified himself against the Philistines; who in the beginning of his reign, came with great forces against him. And David was then in the hold Namely, the cave of Adullam, a place very strong by its natural situation! The garrison of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem They had possessed themselves of this place and put a garrison in it.