John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 24:3
And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave ,.... For the sheep to be led into at noon, to shelter them from the heat: such was the cave of Polyphemus, observed by Bochart F26 Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 45. col. 467, 468. , in which sheep and goats lay down and slept; See Gill on Zephaniah 2:6 , and Saul went in to cover his feet ; the Targum is, to do his necessaries; and so Josephus F1 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 13. sect. 4. ; and the Jewish commentators generally... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 24:1-8
Here, I. Saul renews his pursuit of David, 1 Sam. 24:1, 2. No sooner had he come home safely from chasing the Philistines, in which it should seem he had good success, than he enquired after David to do him a mischief, and resolved to have another thrust at him, as if he had been delivered to do all these abominations, Jer. 7:10. By the frequent incursions of the Philistines, he might have seen how necessary it was to recall David from his banishment and restore him to his place in the army... read more