Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
Then went be also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu, х bowr (H953) ... ba-Sekuw (H7906)] - a cistern or reservoir, a pit. The Hebrew word, signifying watch-tower, denotes an elevated region in the Benjamin territory. Van de Velde ('Syria and Palestine,' 2:, p. 53) hints at a village called Shuk; and Dr. Robinson ('Biblical Researches,' 2:, p. 185) saw, a quarter of an hour east-northeast of Shuk, an old stone water-tank on a bill called Bir es-Zafaraneh. But Van de Velde thinks this rather too far to the northeast of er-Rameh, and takes the large well mentioned in this verse to be Ain ed-Dirweh. Bonar ('Land of Promise,'
p. 342) places Sechu at ez-Zeeweikeh, within a mile of el-Bireh (the well), in the environs of Jerusalem. Porter ('Handbook of Syria and Palestine') ranks it in his index of places not identified. [The Septuagint renders the clause, erchetai heoos tou freatos tou haloo tou en too Sefi] Saul, in a fit of rage and disappointment, determined to go himself. But, before reaching the spot, his mental susceptibilities were roused even more than those of his messengers, and he was found ere long swelling the ranks of the young prophets. This singular change can be ascribed only to the power of Him who can turn the hearts of men even as the rivers of water.