1 Samuel 14:4, commentary and pictures

Between Geba on the south and Michmash on the north lay a deep rugged gorge, and the way by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistine garrison crossed that gorge by a steep, narrow and dangerous passage with a sharp rock standing on each side. The Israelites held their stronghold at Geba on the south side of the gorge while the Philistine force lay at Michmash on the north side, so the passage between the rocks was the direct approach to the enemy garrison. The rocks are named Bozez on the one side and Seneh on the other, with no meaning attached to the names.

God had brought matters to this crisis to rebuke Saul and to teach humility and faith. Because of Saul's sin in his presumptuous offering, He would not give Saul the honor of vanquishing the Philistines, but chose instead Jonathan, who feared the Lord and was moved by a divine impulse. With only his armor-bearer beside him, himself a man of faith and prayer, Jonathan proposed a secret attack in trust that there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few. Trusting in God through that dangerous route between the sharp rocks, the two men were protected by God, who worked through them to defeat the Philistines and deliver Israel.

After earnest prayer they agreed together on a sign by which to discern God's will. They then passed down into the gorge under the shadow of the cliff, partly concealed by mounds and ridges until they were revealed to the enemy. The challenge called out by the Philistines they took as the agreed token that the Lord would prosper them. Going out of sight by a secret and difficult path, they climbed to the summit of a cliff deemed inaccessible and therefore not strongly guarded. There they penetrated the camp and slew the sentinels, who offered no resistance because of surprise and fear.