1 Samuel 14:9

If they should say thus to us, Stand aloof there until we shall send you word; then we will stand still by ourselves, and will not go up against them.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.

In Context

8And Jonathan said, Behold, we + 14:8 Gr. do go over.will go over to the men, and + 14:8 Gr. will be rolled down suddenly, etc.will come down suddenly upon them.

10But if they should say thus to us, Come up to us; then will we go up, for the Lord has delivered them into our hands; this shall be a sign to us.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:13Lo! I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of them that inhabit the city come forth to draw water.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 14:2-16

Jonathan Smites the Philistines. ( b. c. 1067.) 1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; 3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the… Read the whole commentary →

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