1Sa 14:15 | TNotes | STEP | 14:15 panic broke out: This parallel with the Gideon story depicts Jonathan as a judge-like figure (cp. Judg 7:19-22 ). God had not anointed or expressly gifted Jonathan to be leader, yet God used him to rescue his people. • raiding parties: See study note on 1 Sam 13:17-18.

bJudg 7:19-22►

‏ 1 Samuel 14:15

14:15 ^a panic broke out: This parallel with the Gideon story depicts Jonathan as a judge-like figure (cp. Judg 7:19-22 ^b). God had not anointed or expressly gifted Jonathan to be leader, yet God used him to rescue his people.

• raiding parties: See study note on 1 Sam 13:17-18.