1 Samuel 14:8

“Very well,” said Jonathan, “we will cross over toward these men and show ourselves to them.

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KJV

Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.

ASV

Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto the men, and we will disclose ourselves unto them.

YLT

And Jonathan saith, `Lo, we are passing over unto the men, and are revealed unto them;

DBT

Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will shew ourselves to them.

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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.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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Saul 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.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Judges 7:9–14
That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
Judges 7:11
and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.
Psalms 33:16
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
Genesis 24:14
Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

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PersonEarly monarchyJonathanSon of King Saul who climbed a cliff to rout a garrison on the conviction that nothing restrains Jehovah; cut a covenant of steadf…

About this book

David Slays Goliath — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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