They inquired of the Lord; either by Urim or Thummim, which was the usual way of inquiry, Num_27:211Sa_23:9 28:6; or by Samuel, who by his prayer procured an answer.
Among the stuff; among the carriages or baggage of the people there assembled. This he might do, because he either had, or at least would be thought to have, a modest sense of his own unworthiness, which was a likely way to commend him to the people.