And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
In the high place, х babaamaah (H1116), on the height. The Septuagint considers it a proper name, rendering it as: en Bama]. In some instances sacrifices were allowed, without repretension, in certain other places, especially in troubled times, as were those of the judges (1 Samuel 7:17; Judges 2:5; 1 Kings 18:19; 1 Kings 18:32). Professor Lee says that the word Bamah was never recognized as connected with the Mosaic ritual, though the word is sometimes applied to places where the worship of Yahweh was celebrated (1 Kings 3:4; 2 Kings 12:4; Isaiah 36:7). A feast was to follow, implying that it had been a peace offering, and that, according to the venerable practice of the Israelites, the man of God was expected to ask a special blessing on the food, in a manner becoming the high occasion.