But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
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Gill's Exposition
But if they say unto us, come up unto us,.... Which however spoken in contempt of them, yet would discover some fear, that they did not care to come out of their hold to them, and expose themselves to…
Barnes' Notes
Though it is not expressly said, as in the case of Gideon Jdg 6:34, Othniel Jdg 3:10, and others, that the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, yet the whole course of the narrative, especially 1Sa…
We must here take notice,
I. Of the goodness of God in restraining the Philistines, who had a vast army of valiant men in the field, from falling upon that little handful of timorous trembling people…
Cambridge Bible
this shall be a sign unto us "The sign" is clearly regarded by Jonathan as an intimation of the Divine will. Cp. Gen 24:14; Jdg 6:36 ff., and ch. 1Sa 2:34, note.
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