1Sa 14:6 | TNotes | STEP | 14:6 pagans (literally uncircumcised ): A disdainful term for enemies of Israel (see also 17:36 ; 31:4 ). • Perhaps: Jonathan had no guarantee of survival, but he was certain that God could grant them victory despite the odds. Victory was in God’s hands; Jonathan offered himself as an instrument God could use. • many warriors or only a few: Jonathan knew what Gideon had learned many years earlier (see Judg 7:2-8 ).

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‏ 1 Samuel 14:6

14:6 ^a pagans (literally uncircumcised): A disdainful term for enemies of Israel (see also 17:36 ^b; 31:4 ^c).

• Perhaps: Jonathan had no guarantee of survival, but he was certain that God could grant them victory despite the odds. Victory was in God’s hands; Jonathan offered himself as an instrument God could use.

• many warriors or only a few: Jonathan knew what Gideon had learned many years earlier (see Judg 7:2-8 ^d).