1 Samuel 14:8

8 Jonathan said, "Come on, then. We'll go across the pass toward the Philistines and let them see us.

1 Samuel 14:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 14:8

Then said Jonathan, behold, we will pass over to these men,
&c.] 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.

1 Samuel 14:8 In-Context

6 Jonathan spoke to the young man who was carrying his armor. He said, "Come on. Let's go over to the camp of those fellows who aren't circumcised. Perhaps the LORD will help us. If he does, it won't matter how many or how few of us there are. That won't keep the LORD from saving us."

7 "Go ahead," the young man said. "Do everything you have in mind. I'm with you all the way."

8 Jonathan said, "Come on, then. We'll go across the pass toward the Philistines and let them see us.

9 Suppose they say to us, 'Wait there until we come to you.' Then we'll stay where we are. We won't go up to them.

10 But suppose they say, 'Come up to us.' Then we'll climb up. That will show us that the LORD has handed them over to us."