The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went [here] and there.
"Withdraw your hand"  (1 Samuel 14:19).  Saul was here in the process of making an inquiry of the divine will; but he rashly decided that he did not need any word from God, rallied his troops and joined the battle.  "Had he now waited, he doubtless would have avoided the errors into which he promptly fell."[16]