3. Out of the camp. The question has been raised as to whether this Amalekite had been one of the soldiers of Saul. Some have thought that the expression, “As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa” ( 6), indicates that his presence there was merely accidental. But travelers are hardly likely to wander by chance into the heart of a battle, and the expression “by chance” is better understood as meaning that in the course of the battle he happened to come upon Saul when he was wounded.