1 Samuel 14:9

If they say to us, 'Wait there until we come over to you'—then we will stay in our place and will not cross over to them.

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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

8Then Jonathan said, “We will cross over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them.

10But if they reply, 'Come over to us,' then we will cross over; because Yahweh has given them into our hand. This will be the sign to us.”

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Cross References

Genesis 24:13Look, here I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out 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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