Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that Yahweh will work for us; for there is no restraint to Yahweh to save by many or by few.
If they say, `Come up to us,' then we will go up  (1 Samuel 14:8).  Keil explained this sign as indicating cowardice on the part of the garrison;[9] but it seems to this writer that the sign might have been altogether an arbitrary one revealed to Jonathan by the Lord.  The garrison might have thought the two men were defectors to their side, or that it was beneath the dignity of the whole garrison to go after only two opponents.