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10 But if they say, ‘Come up against us,’ we will go up. For in that case the Lord has given them into our hand—it will be a sign to us.”

11 When they[a] made themselves known to the Philistine garrison, the Philistines said, “Look! The Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they hid themselves.” 12 Then the men of the garrison said to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up to us so we can teach you a thing or two!”[b] Then Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, “Come up behind me, for the Lord has given[c] them into the hand of Israel!”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 14:11 tn Heb “the two of them.”
  2. 1 Samuel 14:12 tn Heb “a thing.”
  3. 1 Samuel 14:12 tn The perfect verbal form is used rhetorically here to express Jonathan’s certitude. As far as he is concerned, the victory is as good as won and can be described as such.