1 Samuel 14:6 (KJV)

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And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour Come and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised it may be that the LORD will work for us for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few

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uncircumcised. 1Sa 17:26 1Sa 17:36 Ge 17:7-11 Re 14:18 2Sa 1:20 Jer 9:23 Jer 9:26 Eph 2:11 Eph 2:12 Php 3:3

it may be. 2Sa 16:12 2Ki 19:4 Am 5:15 Zep 2:3

for there is no restraint.Where there is a promise of defense and support, the weakest, in the face of the strongest enemy, may rely upon it with the utmost confidence. De 32:30 Re 6:4-7 2Ch 14:11 Ps 115:1-3 Zec 4:6 Mt 19:26 Ro 8:31

Come.This action of Jonathan's was totally contrary to the laws of war; no military operation should be undertaken without the knowledge and command of the general. But it is highly probable, that this gallant man was led to undertake the hazardous enterprise by an immediate divine impulse; and by the same influence was kept from informing the soldiers, and even from consulting his father, who might have opposed his design.

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