1 Samuel 14:8
in 1 Samuel 14“Very well,” said Jonathan, “we will cross over toward these men and show ourselves to them.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto the men, and we will disclose ourselves unto them.
KJV
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 14
Commentary
5 notes on this verseSaul had once offended by offering sacrifice himself, ch. xiii. Now he resolves never to fall into that error again, and therefore sends for a priest, and hopes to compromise the matter with God Almighty by a particular reformation, as many do whose hearts are unhumbled and unchanged.
This site's exposition
we will discover ourselves unto them
on 1 Samuel 14:8-10
Jonathan sets a sign to test whether the LORD has delivered the garrison into his hand, and the terms are his own: if the Philistines say come up, that is the word to go. This is not the priest's ephod or a cast lot but a private test of providence, agreed between two men before they climb. Saul will ask for a formal sign in the same chapter, at verse 37, and receive silence, while Jonathan's informal one is answered before he finishes climbing.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), and, upon their acceptance of the challenge, charged them with such fury, or rather such faith, that he put them to flight, and set them one against another (
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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.
Modern Voices1 voice
A commentator
GK ChestertonTime's Abstract and Brief Chronicle (1904-1905) · Written before 1936.
proposed
The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God's paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle - and not lose it.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן | yehonatan | Jonathan | H3083 → | 81 times |
| הִנֵּ֛ה | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| אֲנַ֥חְנוּ | ʾanachnu | we | H587 → | 120 times |
| עֹבְרִ֖ים | ʾoerim | [are] about to pass over | H5674 → | 556 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָאֲנָשִׁ֑ים | haanashim | the men | H582 → | 566 times |
| וְנִגְלִ֖ינוּ | veniglinu | and we will reveal ourselves | H1540 → | 186 times |
| אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ | ʾaleihem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןJonathan
yehonatanH3083 →81 times
הִנֵּ֛הhere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
אֲנַ֥חְנוּwe
ʾanachnuH587 →120 times
עֹבְרִ֖ים[are] about to pass over
ʾoerimH5674 →556 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָאֲנָשִׁ֑יםthe men
haanashimH582 →566 times
וְנִגְלִ֖ינוּand we will reveal ourselves
veniglinuH1540 →186 times
אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃to them
ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on GK Chesterton, Time's Abstract and Brief Chronicle (1904-1905); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.