They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Ver. 6. They return at evening] sc. To mine house at Gibeah of Saul, hoping to find me then at home again; as if, like the hunted hare, I must needs return to my old form.
They make a noise like a dog] When coming the second night also they missed of David they barked and howled like mad dogs, ready to take every one they met by the throat.
And go round about the city] Ferreting and searching after him in all places, and perhaps surrounding the city to surprise him.