1 Samuel 14:8-12 sits inside this longer paragraph.
1Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come! Let’s go over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he didn’t tell his father. 2Saul stayed in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people who were with him were about six hundred men; 3including Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. The people didn’t know that Jonathan was gone. 4Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines’ garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. 5The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba. 6Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come! Let’s go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that Yahweh will work for us; for there is no restraint on Yahweh to save by many or by few.” 7His armor bearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Turn and, behold, I am with you according to your heart.” 8Then Jonathan said, “Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will reveal ourselves to them. 9If they say this to us, ‘Wait until we come to you!’ then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them. 10But if they say this, ‘Come up to us!’ then we will go up; for Yahweh has delivered them into our hand. This shall be the sign to us.”
11Both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, “Behold, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they had hidden themselves!” 12The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, “Come up to us, and we will show you something!” Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come up after me; for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv9, 11 This he spake by the spirit of prophecy, forasmuch…
This he spake by the spirit of prophecy, forasmuch hereby God gave him assurance of the victory.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv8–12 1Sa 14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass…
1Sa 14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto [these] men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
Ver. 8. Behold, we will pass over.] Though on all fours, and with much ado. Difficulty doth but whet on heroic spirits. Alexander never held anything to be unfeasible.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv10–12 Jonathan not being assured of the success of this…
Jonathan not being assured of the success of this present exploit, desires a sign; and by the instinct of God’s Spirit, as the success shows, pitched upon this. Divers such heroical motions and extraordinary impulses there were among great and good men in ancient times; as Gen 24:13; Jdg 6:37; which are not precedents to us.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv8–12 Then said Jonathan, behold, we will pass over to…
Then said Jonathan, behold, we will pass over to these men,.... Over the precipices to them, as steep and as cragged as they are:
and we will discover ourselves to them; present themselves to them at daylight, and let them know plainly who they were, that they were Hebrews.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv10, 12 A sign - Jonathan not being assured of the…
A sign - Jonathan not being assured of the success of this exploit, desires a sign; and by the instinct of God's Spirit, pitches upon this. Divers such motions and extraordinary impulses there were among great and good men in ancient times. Observe; God has the governing of the hearts and tongues of all men, even of those that know him not, and serves his own purposes by them, tho' they mean not so, neither does their hearts think so.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv9, 12 Verse 9. If they say thus unto us] Jonathan…
Verse 9. If they say thus unto us] Jonathan had no doubt asked this as a sign from God; exactly as Eliezer the servant of Abraham did, Ge 24:12.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv10–11 1Sa 14:10. This shall be a sign unto us…
1Sa 14:10. This shall be a sign unto us — Jonathan, not being assured of the success of this intended exploit, desires a sign, and by the instinct of God’s Spirit pitches on this. He could upon no good ground have spoken in this manner without an impulse from God, who often suggested such thoughts and resolutions unto good men’s minds in ancient times, as we see in the example of Abraham’s servant, Gen 24:14, &c. God, we must observe, has the governing of the hearts and tongues of all men, even of those that know him not, and serves his own purposes by them, though they mean not so, neither do their hearts think so.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv10, 12 Though it is not expressly said, as in the…
Though it is not expressly said, as in the case of Gideon Jdg 6:34, Othniel Jdg 3:10, and others, that the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, yet the whole course of the narrative, especially 1Sa 14:13-16, indicates an extraordinary divine interposition.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv10–12 This shall be a sign. It is likely Jonathan…
This shall be a sign. It is likely Jonathan was instructed by divine inspiration, to make choice of this sign; otherwise, the observation of omens is superstitious and sinful. (Challoner) (Menochius) (Worthington)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv9, 11 if they say, Come up unto us; then we…
if they say, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand--When Jonathan appears here to prescribe a sign or token of God's will, we may infer that the same spirit which inspired this enterprise suggested the means of its execution, and put into his heart what to ask of God. (See on Gen 24:12).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv9, 10, 12 9. Then we will stand still — For if…
9. Then we will stand still — For if they come to us they will discover our hostile intentions.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv10–12 10. this shall be a sign unto us] “The…
10. this shall be a sign unto us] “The sign” is clearly regarded by Jonathan as an intimation of the Divine will. Cp. Gen_24:14; Jdg_6:36 ff., and ch. 1Sa_2:34, note.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v11 (11) And the Philistines said . . . —Easily…
(11) And the Philistines said . . . —Easily might the sentinels of the outpost have rolled stones down the steep cliff, and hurled back the daring assailants; but they treated them with utter contempt, probably thinking to take them alive if ever they succeeded in scaling the slippery cliff.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv9–12 Tarry. Hebrew, "be still," "stand still," the word used…
Tarry. Hebrew, "be still," "stand still," the word used by Joshua of the sun; (Jos_10:12, Jos_10:13) but not the word rendered stand still just below, where the Hebrew has, "We will stand under us," i.e. we will stop just where we were.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv8, 11 will not cross over to them
will not cross over to them
"will not go over to the other side of the valley where the Philistines are"
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has given them into our hand
Here "hand" refers to the power to defeat them. AT: "will enable us to defeat them" (See: Metonymy)
This will be the sign to us
"This will confirm that the Lord will be with us"
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v11 14:11 Hebrews: See study note on 13:3. • crawling…
14:11 Hebrews: See study note on 13:3. • crawling out of their holes: See 13:6.
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