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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 14:6

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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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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