And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
Lay down naked - i:e., divested of his armour and outer robes, as the prophets seem to have stripped themselves of their upper clothing in seasons of extraordinary devotion (cf. Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 20:2-3; Amos 2:16; Micah 1:8: also John 21:7; Josephus, 'Antiquities,' b. 4:, ch. 3:, sec. 2; b. 8:, ch. 14:, sec. 7; also b. 11:, ch. 5: sec.
8). Thus God, in making the wrath of man to praise Him, preserved the lives of all the prophets, frustrated all the purposes of Saul, and preserved the life of His servant.