Plain — Not that at the foot of mount Tabor, which was far from these parts; but another belonging to some other place. Bethel — Properly so called, which was in Ephraim, where there was a noted high — place, famous for Jacob's vision there, Genesis 28:19, where it is probable they offered sacrifices, in this confused state of things, when the ark was in one place, and the tabernacle in another.
Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 10:3
1 Samuel 10:3
3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: