Likewise all the men of Israel who had hid themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
"Other parallels with the story of Gideon commend themselves as well: the hero accompanied by only one servant (1 Samuel 14:7; cf. Judges 7:10-11); the sign (1 Samuel 14:9-10; cf. Judges 7:13-15); the panic (1 Samuel 14:15; cf. Judges 7:21); the confusion, causing the enemy soldiers to turn on ’each other with their swords’ (1 Samuel 14:20; cf. Judges 7:22); reinforcements from the ’hill country of Ephraim’ (1 Samuel 14:22; cf. Judges 7:24); and the pursuit (1 Samuel 14:22; cf. Judges 7:23 . . .)." [Note: Youngblood, p. 661.] 