Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 23:11

11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand ? Will Saul come down as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee tell thy servant. And the LORD said , He will come down .

To wit, if I continue in their City, and if Saul come down.

From this place it may appear that Gods answer by Urim and Thummim, was not by any change in the colour or situation of the precious Stones in the Brest-Plate of the Ephod, but by a Voice or Suggestion from God to the High-Priest.

i. e. He purposeth to come, if thou continuest here. For still as David's question, so Gods answer, is upon a supposition, as is here sufficiently implied.