C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 10:13-16

1Sa 10:13-16

When Saul had left off prophesying, and came to Bamah, his uncle asked him and his attendant where they had been; and Saul told him, that as they had not found the asses anywhere, they had gone to Samuel, and had learned from him that the asses were found. But he did not relate the words which had been spoken by Samuel concerning the monarchy, from unambitious humility (cf. 1Sa 10:22, 1Sa 10:23) and not because he was afraid of unbelief and envy, as Thenius follows Josephus in supposing. From the expression “he came to Bamah” (Eng. ver. “to the high place”), we must conclude, that not only Saul’s uncle, but his father also, lived in Bamah, as we find Saul immediately afterwards in his own family circle (see 1Sa 10:14.).