Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on yonder side. But he didn't tell his father.
"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.] 