And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
Ver. 38. Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people.] Heb., The corners: for what the cornerstones are to the building, that the princes are to the people. See Judges 20:2. The Switzers at this day call their chief towns Cantons, that is, corners; and the Greeks of old called their town governors Pagites; the Hebrews, Corners.
And know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.] He knew it was for some sin that God was so silent, - "we know that God heareth not sinners," said that blind man in John 9:31, - and he doubted not but that it was the breach of that oath imposed by himself, but rashly and without reason; which yet he never regretteth.