And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. Saul was taken to lodge with the prophet for that night. Before retiring to rest, they communed on the flat roof of the house, the couch being laid there (Joshua 2:6), when, doubtless, Samuel revealed the secret, and described the special duties of a monarch in a nation so related to the Divine King as Israel. Next morning early Samuel roused his guest, and convoying him on his way toward the skirts of the city, sought, before parting, a private interview, the object of which is narrated in the next chapter.