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1SA-14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son
of
Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let
us go
over to the Philistines' garrison, that [is] on the other side.
But he
told not his father.
1SA-14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under
a
pomegranate tree which [is] in Migron: and the people that
[were] with
him [were] about six hundred men;
1SA-14:3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the
son of
Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'S priest in Shiloh, wearing an
ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
1SA-14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to
go
over unto the Philistines' garrison, [there was] a sharp rock on
the
one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of
the one
[was] Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
1SA-14:5 The forefront of the one [was] situate northward over
against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
1SA-14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his
armour,
Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these
uncircumcised: it
may be that the LORD will work for us: for [there is] no
restraint to
the LORD to save by many or by few.
1SA-14:7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that [is] in
thine heart: turn thee; behold, I [am] with thee according to thy
heart.
1SA-14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto
[these]
men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
1SA-14:9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you;
then
we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
1SA-14:10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will
go up:
for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this [shall
be] a
sign unto us.
1SA-14:11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the
garrison of
the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews
come
forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
1SA-14:12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his
armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a
thing.
And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for
the
LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
1SA-14:13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his
feet,
and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan;
and his
armourbearer slew after him.
1SA-14:14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his
armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an
half
acre of land, [which] a yoke [of oxen might plow].
1SA-14:15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and
among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also
trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
1SA-14:16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked;
and,
behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down
[one
another].
1SA-14:17 Then said Saul unto the people that [were] with him,
Number
now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered,
behold,
Jonathan and his armourbearer [were] not [there].
1SA-14:18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God.
For
the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
1SA-14:19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the
priest,
that the noise that [was] in the host of the Philistines went on
and
increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
1SA-14:20 And Saul and all the people that [were] with him
assembled
themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's
sword was against his fellow, [and there was] a very great
discomfiture.
1SA-14:21 Moreover the Hebrews [that] were with the Philistines
before that time, which went up with them into the camp [from the
country] round about, even they also [turned] to be with the
Israelites that [were] with Saul and Jonathan.
1SA-14:22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid
themselves in
mount Ephraim, [when] they heard that the Philistines fled, even
they
also followed hard after them in the battle.
1SA-14:23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle
passed
over unto Bethaven.
1SA-14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for
Saul
had adjured the people, saying, Cursed [be] the man that eateth
[any]
food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So
none of
the people tasted [any] food.
1SA-14:25 And all [they of] the land came to a wood; and there
was
honey upon the ground.
1SA-14:26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold,
the
honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the
people
feared the oath.
1SA-14:27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the
people
with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that
[was] in
his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his
mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
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